Key result
Diagnostic evaluation of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension requires a multimodality approach including echocardiography, V/Q scanning, right heart catheterization, and pulmonary angiography.
Population
Patients with suspected or confirmed chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)
Design
Review
Authors
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May inform CTEPH diagnostic pathways; leaves open comparative studies on modality combinations.
This review highlights the essential multimodality imaging approach required for the timely diagnosis and operability assessment of CTEPH.
Andrea Maria D’Armini (2015) conducted a review in Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). Diagnostic imaging and catheterization techniques was evaluated. Diagnostic evaluation of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension requires a multimodality approach including echocardiography, V/Q scanning, right heart catheterization, and pulmonary angiography.
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