The impact of the new World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension definition of pulmonary hypertension on the prevalence of pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension

• Main Authors: Ümit Yaşar Sinan (Author), Özge Çetinarslan (Author), Alev Arat Özkan (Author), Murat Kazım Ersanlı (Author), Mehmet Serdar Küçükoğlu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Since the first World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension (WSPH; Geneva, 1973), pulmonary hypertension (PH) has been defined as a mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) ≥25 mm Hg measured at right heart catheterization (RHC) while at rest in the supine position. At the 6th WSPH congress (N...