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Dr Joseph A Hill discusses the diagnosis and management of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

The most accurate way to diagnose pulmonary hypertension is using a pressure measurement called right-heart catheterisation. However, this is invasive and can cause complications. Another technique, ...

Ultrasound Pulse-Echo measurements are widely used to determine highly accurate sound speeds and elastic moduli. The most accurate of these measurements accounts for the effect of the acoustic ...

Arterial distensibility is often measured by non-invasively detecting the change in artery diameter over a cardiac cycle. Traditional methods using B-mode images require considerable processing power ...

Objective Earlier detection of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a leading cause of death in systemic sclerosis (SSc), facilitates earlier treatment. The objective of this study was to develop ...

References Pulmonary hypertension: its diagnosis and management, a multidisciplinary approach. Pulmonary arterial hypertension in systemic sclerosis: the need for early detection and treatment.

Context Right heart catheterisation is the gold standard for the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension. However, echocardiography is frequently used to screen for this disease and monitor progression ...

There is increased risk for pulmonary hypertension in patients with both atrial fibrillation and incident venous thromboembolism.

Long-term exposure to particulate matter in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension increases risk for lung transplantation or death.

Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is the most common neonatal form and mostly reversible after a few days with improvement of the underlying pulmonary condition. When pulmonary ...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) can be a rapidly progressive and fatal disease. Although right heart catheterization remains the gold standard in evaluation of PH, echocardiography remains an important ...