Sahay Sandeep
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Institute of Academic Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
J Thorac Dis. 2019 Sep;11(Suppl 14):S1789-S1799. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2019.08.54.
In early 2019, the 6th World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension (WSPH) released an updated document highlighting the advances in the last five years. During the quinquennial event many experts worked together to suggest new changes in the disease diagnosis and management. Since inception of the WSPH in 1973, this is the first time when the hemodynamic definition of pulmonary hypertension (PH) has been updated. These proceedings have re-defined the different hemodynamic types of PH that occur with the left heart disease along with introduction to the genetic testing as part of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) evaluation. Objective of this review is to highlight the evaluation and diagnosis of PAH based on the proceedings of the 6th WSPH. Accurate early diagnosis and subsequent management of PH is necessary, as despite of treatment advances, survival remains suboptimal.
2019年初,第六届世界肺动脉高压研讨会(WSPH)发布了一份更新文件,着重介绍了过去五年取得的进展。在这一五年一度的活动期间,众多专家共同努力,对疾病的诊断和管理提出了新的变化建议。自1973年WSPH成立以来,这是首次对肺动脉高压(PH)的血流动力学定义进行更新。这些会议重新定义了与左心疾病相关的不同血流动力学类型的PH,并引入了基因检测作为肺动脉高压(PAH)评估的一部分。本综述的目的是根据第六届WSPH的会议内容,着重介绍PAH的评估和诊断。尽管治疗取得了进展,但PH的生存情况仍不尽人意,因此准确的早期诊断和后续管理至关重要。