Table of Contents
1.List of abbreviations and acronyms....
2. Introduction
2.1 Principles
2.2 New aspects.
3. Definitions and classifications
3.1 Definitions
3.2 Classifications
4. Pulmonary hypertension diagnosis
4.1 Clinical presentation
4.2 Investigations
4.3 Diagnostic algorithm
5. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (Group 1)
5.1 Evaluation of severity
5.2 Therapy
5.2.1 General measures, supportive therapy vasoreactivity
5.2.2 Initial targeted therapy
5.2.3 Further treatment strategies
5.2.4 Treatment algorithm
6. Specific pulmonary (arterial) hypertension subsets
6.1 Paediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension.
6.2 Pulmonary arterial hypertension associated. with adult congenital heart disease
6.3 Pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with connective tissue disease
6.4 Pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with portal hypertension