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ReviewEuropean respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society2016

Pulmonary hypertension: the importance of correctly diagnosing the cause.

Sanjay Mehta, Jean-Luc Vachiéry

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Review in European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The revolution of pulmonary arterial hypertension.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sanjay MehtaSouthwest Ontario PH Clinic, London Health Sciences Centre, Victoria Hospital, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
Jean-Luc VachiéryPulmonary Vascular Diseases Clinic, Dept of Cardiology, Cliniques Universitaires de Bruxelles - Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium JeanLuc.Vachiery@erasme.ulb.ac.be.
Erasmus Hospital · BEWestern University · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a complex condition that can occur as a result of a wide range of disorders, including left heart disease, lung disease and chronic pulmonary thromboembolism. Contemporary PH patients are older and frequently have a multitude of comorbidities that may contribute to or simply coincide with their PH. Identifying the cause of PH in these complicated patients can be challenging but is essential, given that the aetiology of the disease has a significant impact on the management options available. In this article, we present two cases that highlight the difficulties involved in obtaining a precise diagnosis of the cause of PH within the setting of multiple comorbidities. The importance of performing a comprehensive, multidimensional diagnostic work-up is demonstrated, in addition to the need to specifically consider cardiopulmonary haemodynamic data in the context of the wider clinical picture. The article also illustrates why achieving an accurate diagnosis is necessary for optimal patient management. This may involve treatment of comorbidities as a priority, which can ameliorate the severity of PH, obviating the need to consider PH-targeted medical treatment.

Indexed as

Arterial PressureAdultCatheterization, Swan-GanzComorbidityFemaleHumansHypertension, PulmonaryMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsPrognosisPulmonary ArteryRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness Index

Identifiers

PMID27903659
PMCPMC9487545
OpenAlexW2557414760

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