Statement on imaging and pulmonary hypertension from the Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute (PVRI)
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Journal Article
Abstract
Pulmonary hypertension is highly heterogeneous and despite treatment advances it remains a life shortening condition. There have been significant advances in imaging technologies, but despite evidence of their potential clinical utility practice remains variable, dependent in part on imaging availability and expertise. This statement summarises current and emerging imaging modalities and their potential role in the diagnosis and assessment of suspected pulmonary hypertension. It also includes a review of commonly encountered clinical and radiological scenarios, and imaging and modeling-based biomarkers. An expert panel was formed including clinicians, radiologists, imaging scientists and computational modelers. Section editors generated a series of summary statements 1based on a review of the literature and professional experience and following consensus review, a diagnostic algorithm and fifty five statements were agreed. The diagnostic algorithm and summary statements, emphasise the key role and added value of imaging in the diagnosis and assessment of pulmonary hypertension and highlight areas requiring further research.
Date Issued
2019-09-06
Date Acceptance
2019-03-01
Citation
Pulmonary Circulation, 2019, 9 (3), pp.1-32
ISSN
2045-8940
Publisher
SAGE Publications (UK and US)
Start Page
1
End Page
32
Journal / Book Title
Pulmonary Circulation
Volume
9
Issue
3
Copyright Statement
Accepted manuscript published online. This is an open access journal all articles are made available under a CC-BY-NC Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30880632
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Respiratory System
Cardiovascular System & Cardiology
pulmonary hypertension
diagnosis
imaging
computed tomography
magnetic resonance imaging
echocardiography
guidelines
cardiac catheterization
algorithm
RIGHT-VENTRICULAR-FUNCTION
DUAL-ENERGY CT
PLANE SYSTOLIC EXCURSION
MYOCARDIAL DELAYED ENHANCEMENT
POSITRON-EMISSION-TOMOGRAPHY
RIGHT HEART CATHETERIZATION
LONG-TERM SURVIVAL
ADD-ON THERAPY
ARTERIAL-HYPERTENSION
COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Date Publish Online
2019-03-18