Current practice for pulmonary hypertension / 中华医学杂志(英文版)
Chinese Medical Journal
; (24): 3491-3495, 2014.
Artigo
em Inglês
| WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
| ID: wpr-240140
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To investigate the current practice of pulmonary hypertension including current epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment.</p><p><b>DATA SOURCES</b>The review was based on data obtained from the published articles and guidelines.</p><p><b>STUDY SELECTION</b>Articles with high level of evidence or current best evidence in each issue were selected to be reviewed.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Overall prevalence of pulmonary hypertension was 0.3% to 6% with left heart disease occupying the most proportion, followed by pulmonary disease, pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. In diagnosis, a flow diagram of diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension, differential diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension and how to determine the severity of pulmonary hypertension are explained including recent development of magnetic resonance imaging and gene abnormality study on bone morphogenetic protein receptor II. In treatment, newly-developed pulmonary vasodilators and the way to use them are shown to treat pulmonary hypertension.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Safer and more effective treatment algorithm and basic researches and clinical trials are warranted to be explored.</p>
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Base de dados:
WPRIM (Pacífico Ocidental)
Assunto principal:
Epidemiologia
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Diagnóstico
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Tratamento Farmacológico
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Hipertensão Pulmonar
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Guia de prática clínica
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Chinese Medical Journal
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Artigo