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Echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary hypertension
Echocardiography is the screening method of choice for suspected pulmonary hypertension. Echocardiography has two roles: one, to screen for causes of increased right-sided pressures, such as atrial and ventricular shunts, congenital abnormalities, valvular diseases, reduced LV function and more; two, to assess qualitatively and quantitatively the severity of pulmonary hypertension and to determine the patients' prognosis.
Echocardiography is the screening method of choice for suspected pulmonary hypertension. Echocardiography has two roles: one, to screen for causes of increased right-sided pressures, such as atrial and ventricular shunts, congenital abnormalities, valvular diseases, reduced LV function and more; two, to assess qualitatively and quantitatively the severity of pulmonary hypertension and to determine the patients' prognosis.
Transthoracic echocardiography is sufficient for initial screening and assessment of hemodynamic severity in many cases. Transesophageal echocardiography is recommended for a more precise identification (or exclusion) of structural abnormalities as cause of pulmonary hypertension, e. g. anomalous pulmonary veins.
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SSPH Research Prize 2012
Deadline for submission: April 30, 2012
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Symposium "pulmonal-arterielle Hypertension im Kindesalter"
Donnerstag, 10. Mai 2012, 16.00-18.00, Bern
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5th International Congress of the Swiss Society of Pulmonary Hypertension (SSPH)
28.-29. September 2012, Thun, Congress Hotel Seepark Thun
Informationen: www.imk.ch/sgph2012
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