2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension

ESC Clinical Practice Guidelines

26 Aug 2022

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a pathophysiological disorder, which may involve multiple clinical conditions and may be associated with a variety of cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. The complexity of managing PH requires a multi-faceted, holistic, and multidisciplinary approach, with active involvement of the patients with PH in partnership with clinicians. In recent years, substantial progress has been made in detecting and managing PH, and new evidence is timely integrated in this fourth edition of the ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension. These comprehensive clinical practice guidelines cover the whole spectrum of PH with an emphasis on diagnosing and treating pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH).

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Topic(s):

Pulmonary Embolism

Pulmonary Circulation

Valvular, Myocardial, Pericardial, Pulmonary, Congenital Heart Disease

Heart Failure

Endorsed by cardiac societies

Armenian Cardiologists Association , Austrian Society of Cardiology , Azerbaijan Society of Cardiology , Association of Cardiologists of Bosnia & Herzegovina , British Cardiovascular Society , Bulgarian Society of Cardiology , Croatian Cardiac Society , Czech Society of Cardiology , Danish Society of Cardiology , Egyptian Society of Cardiology , Estonian Society of Cardiology , Finnish Cardiac Society , French Society of Cardiology , German Cardiac Society , Hellenic Society of Cardiology , Hungarian Society of Cardiology , Italian Federation of Cardiology , Association of Cardiologists of Kazakhstan , Kyrgyz Society of Cardiology , Latvian Society of Cardiology , Lithuanian Society of Cardiology , Luxembourg Society of Cardiology , Maltese Cardiac Society , Norwegian Society of Cardiology , Polish Cardiac Society , Portuguese Society of Cardiology , Cardiology Society of Serbia , Slovak Society of Cardiology , Spanish Society of Cardiology , Swiss Society of Cardiology , Turkish Society of Cardiology , Ukrainian Association of Cardiology

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https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac237

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