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Diagnosis and Assessment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

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A clear definition of pulmonary hypertension and the development of a rational approach to diagnostic assessment and follow-up using both conventional and new tools will be essential to deriving maximal benefit from the expanding therapeutic armamentarium.
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This article is published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology.The article was published on 2009-06-30 and is currently open access. It has received 1023 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Pulmonary hypertension & Blood pressure.

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Haemodynamic definitions and updated clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension.

TL;DR: The 6th WSPH Task Force proposed to include pulmonary vascular resistance ≥3 Wood Units in the definition of all forms of pre-capillary PH associated with mPAP >20 mmHg, and included in group 1 of a subgroup “pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) long-term responders to calcium channel blockers”.
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Sildenafil citrate therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension.

TL;DR: Among the 222 patients completing one year of treatment with sildenafil monotherapy, the improvement from baseline at one year in the distance walked in six minutes was 51 m, and the incidence of clinical worsening did not differ significantly between the patients treated with s Bildenafils and those treated with placebo.
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