Drs Vallerie McLaughlin and Marc Humbert discuss the 2022 guidelines on pulmonary arterial hypertension by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS).

Relevant disclosures can be found with the episode show notes on Medscape (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/968551). The topics and discussions are planned, produced, and reviewed independently of advertiser. This podcast is intended only for US healthcare professionals.

Resources

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/303098-overview

2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/advance-article/doi/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac237/6673929

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Risk Stratification https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/968547

Pulmonary Function Testing https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/303239-overview

Pulmonary Angiography Technique https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2116480-overview

Drs Vallerie McLaughlin and Richard Channick discuss the diagnosis and treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

Relevant disclosures can be found with the episode show notes on Medscape (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/968550). The topics and discussions are planned, produced, and reviewed independently of advertiser. This podcast is intended only for US healthcare professionals.

Resources

Pulmonary Hypertension https://www.medscape.com/answers/303098-93380/what-is-pulmonary-hypertension

Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2500057-overview

Pulmonary Embolism https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/300901-overview

Determinants of Diagnostic Delay in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Results From the European CTEPH Registry https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/52/6/1801687

Pulmonary Embolism Response Teams: Purpose, Evidence for Efficacy, and Future Research Directions https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6611377

V/Q Scan https://www.medscape.com/answers/300901-8522/how-is-vq-scanning-used-for-the-diagnosis-of-pulmonary-embolism-pe

Multidetector Computed Tomography for Acute Pulmonary Embolism https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa052367

Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy https://www.medscape.org/viewarticle/556058_4

Dynamic Risk Stratification of Patient Long-term Outcome After Pulmonary Endarterectomy: Results From the United Kingdom National Cohort https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27052413/

Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension https://err.ersjournals.com/content/26/143/160119

Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty as a Treatment in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Past, Present, and Future https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32056029/

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Clinical Presentation https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/303098-clinical

Riociguat https://reference.medscape.com/drug/adempas-riociguat-999863

Long-term Clinical Value and Outcome of Riociguat in Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6396196/

Riociguat Prescribing Information https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2017/204819s006lbl.pdf

Drs Vallerie McLaughlin and Oksana Shlobin discuss methods of identifying and navigating challenging clinical scenarios in pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Relevant disclosures can be found with the episode show notes on Medscape (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/968548). The topics and discussions are planned, produced, and reviewed independently of advertiser. This podcast is intended only for US healthcare professionals.

Resources

What Is Pulmonary Hypertension? https://www.medscape.com/answers/303098-93380/what-is-pulmonary-hypertension

What Are the WHO Clinical Classifications of Pulmonary Hypertension? https://www.medscape.com/answers/303098-93381/what-are-the-who-clinical-classifications-of-pulmonary-hypertension

Interstitial Lung Disease: Pathophysiology and Genetic Predisposition https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/408750

What Is the Role of Pulmonary Function Testing in the Evaluation of Restrictive Lung Disease? https://www.medscape.com/answers/301760-187987/what-is-the-role-of-pulmonary-function-testing-in-the-evaluation-of-restrictive-lung-disease

What Is the Six-Minute Walk Test (6mwt) in Pulmonary Function Testing? https://www.medscape.com/answers/303239-77869/what-is-the-six-minute-walk-test-6mwt-in-pulmonary-function-testing

Respiratory Failure-V/Q Mismatch https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/167981-overview#a4

Efficacy and Safety of Riociguat in Patients With Symptomatic Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) Associated With Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias (IIP) (RISE-IIP) https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02138825

Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1464015-overview

Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors: An Overview https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/892957_9

Treatment Approach to Connective Tissue Disease-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1471489222000728