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Echocardiography is the first-line imaging modality in daily routine to detect pulmonary hypertension, assess RV function, inform prognosis, and guide differential diagnosis and therapeutic strategies, motivating practical expert consensus recommendations for its use.
Expert consensus reports echocardiographic protocols to evaluate pulmonary arterial hypertension, highlighting practical guidance for screening and right ventricular assessment.
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is defined by a sustained increase in mean pulmonary arterial pressure > 25 mmHg. Due to its widespread availability, echocardiography (ECHO) is used as the first-line imaging modality to detect pulmonary PH and assess right ventricular (RV) function in daily routine. As such, ECHO is the key examination to detect the presence of PH, to provide valuable prognostic information and to give an orientation to therapeutic strategies. In addition to detection and screening, ECHO also provides clues for the differential diagnosis of PH. The present document, based on a consensus of experts, provides practical recommendations for the use of ECHO in the evaluation of PH and of its consequences on the right ventricle.
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Lancellotti et al. (2013) conducted a review in Pulmonary hypertension. Echocardiography was evaluated. Echocardiography is recommended by Belgian expert consensus as the first-line imaging modality to detect pulmonary hypertension (mean PAP > 25 mmHg) and assess right ventricular function.
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