Signs
The presence of pulmonic regurgitation is associated with a higher mean pulmonary artery pressure. Cyanosis, peripheral edema, ascites and hepatomegaly are suggestive of a more advanced disease, the latter may occur due to right-to-left shunting through a patent foramen ovale.
An important finding is the presence of high-pitched flow murmurs over the lung fields in CTEPH, which can also occur in congenital disorders and large vessel vasculitis but never in PPH (6). Clubbing is not a feature of PPH or CTEPH and suggests an alternative diagnosis, especially veno-occlusive disease.
References
DruckversionSGPH-Symposium, 2. September 2010, Hotel Bristol in Genf:
"Hypertension artérielle pulmonaire: Comment ne pas passer à côté d’une maladie émergente?" Mehr
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Schweizer PH-Verein für Menschen mit pulmonaler Hypertonie gegründet. Pressemitteilung PDF
Next SSPH Workshop: October 28th, 2010
Haus der Universität in Berne, details will follow.
SSPH Workshop 2010: May 7-8, 2010
The SSPH workshop on May 7-8, 2010 in Lucerne did consist of an update of the website with the following topics:
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Follow-up
- Patients part
4th international Congress of the SSPH
October 30 - 31, 2009
Link to the congress presentations as video streaming on swiss-webconferencing.ch .
Link to the congress photo-gallery
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