RT Book, Section
A1 Barnett, Christopher F.
A1 Marco, Teresa De
A2 Crawford, Michael H.
SR Print(0)
ID 1139746696
T1 Pulmonary Hypertension
T2 CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Cardiology, 5e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259641251
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1139746696
RD 2024/04/24
AB ESSENTIALS  OF  DIAGNOSISPulmonary  hypertensionA  loud  pulmonic  valve  closure  sound  (P2),  a  right-sided  S4,  or  a  right  ventricular  heave.Electrocardiographic  evidence  of  right  ventricular  hypertrophy.Presence  of  sustained  elevation  in  mean  pulmonary  artery  pressure  ≥  25  mm  Hg.Pulmonary  arterial  hypertensionA  subset  of  pulmonary  hypertension.Elevated  mean  pulmonary  artery  pressure  ≥  25  mm  Hg  and  pulmonary  arterial  wedge  pressure  ≤  15  mm  Hg.Appropriate  clinical  context.