2015 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension: The Joint Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS): Endorsed by: Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC), International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)

Eur Heart J. 2016 Jan 1;37(1):67-119. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv317. Epub 2015 Aug 29.
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Keywords: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Congenital heart disease; Connective tissue disease; Endothelin receptor antagonists; Guidelines; Heart failure; Left heart disease; Lung disease; Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors; Prostacyclin analogues; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Pulmonary hypertension; Respiratory failure.

Publication types

  • Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Algorithms
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / etiology
  • Balloon Embolectomy / methods
  • Biomarkers / metabolism
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods
  • Child
  • Combined Modality Therapy / methods
  • Connective Tissue Diseases / complications
  • Connective Tissue Diseases / diagnosis
  • Connective Tissue Diseases / therapy
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control
  • Drug Interactions
  • Echocardiography / methods
  • Elective Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Electrocardiography
  • Exercise Test / methods
  • Exercise Therapy / methods
  • Female
  • Genetic Counseling
  • Genetic Testing / methods
  • HIV Infections / complications
  • HIV Infections / diagnosis
  • HIV Infections / therapy
  • Health Status
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / complications
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / therapy
  • Hemangioma / complications
  • Hemangioma / diagnosis
  • Hemangioma / therapy
  • Hemoptysis / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Portal / complications
  • Hypertension, Portal / diagnosis
  • Hypertension, Portal / therapy
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis*
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / therapy*
  • Lung Transplantation / methods
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography / methods
  • Multimodal Imaging / methods
  • Patient Compliance
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / therapy
  • Referral and Consultation
  • Respiratory Function Tests / methods
  • Risk Assessment / methods
  • Risk Factors
  • Social Support
  • Terminal Care / methods
  • Therapies, Investigational / methods
  • Thromboembolism / complications
  • Thromboembolism / diagnosis
  • Thromboembolism / therapy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods
  • Travel Medicine / methods
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / complications
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / therapy

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • Biomarkers