Stephan Rosenkranz, J Simon R Gibbs, Rolf Wachter, Teresa De Marco, Anton Vonk-Noordegraaf, Jean-Luc VachiƩry
In patients with left ventricular heart failure (HF), the development of pulmonary hypertension (PH) and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction are frequent and have important impact on disease progression, morbidity, and mortality, and therefore warrant clinical attention. Pulmonary hypertension related to left heart disease (LHD) by far represents the most common form of PH, accounting for 65-80% of cases. The proper distinction between pulmonary arterial hypertension and PH-LHD may be challenging, yet it has direct therapeutic consequences...
March 21, 2016: European Heart Journal