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Getting It Right: Confirming a Diagnosis of PAH

Learn about the clinical presentation of PAH, the distinction between PAH and PH, and essential diagnostic work-up steps including echocardiography and right heart catheterization. Understand the role of V/Q mismatches in CTEPH and how to estimate LV filling pressures. Discover the significance of acute vasodilator testing and proper abbreviations to enhance your understanding.

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Getting It Right: Confirming a Diagnosis of PAH

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  1. Getting It Right: Confirming a Diagnosis of PAH

  2. Why Is Diagnosing PAH So Critical?

  3. Clinical Presentation of PAH

  4. Nice Classification of PH

  5. Nice Classification of PH (cont)

  6. Distinction Between PAH and PH

  7. Diagnostic Work-up for PH

  8. The Next Step: Echocardiography

  9. Echocardiography

  10. Use of Echocardiography in PAH (cont)

  11. Next Steps in the Work-up

  12. V/Q Mismatches in CTEPH

  13. Right Heart Catheterization

  14. Essentials of Performing RHC

  15. Estimating LV Filling Pressures

  16. Distinguishing PAH From PVH

  17. Acute Vasodilator Testing

  18. Conclusions

  19. Abbreviations

  20. Abbreviations (cont)

  21. References

  22. References (cont)

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