Pulmonary Hypertension: Clinical Insights

Dr. Miriam Jacob discusses pulmonary hypertension with cardiac surgeon Dr. Michael Tong and pulmonologist Dr. Gustavo Heresi. Many topics are discussed including the complexity of evaluation and diagnosis, a review of the World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension recommendations and what this means for diagnosis thresholds, approaches to medical therapy, surgery for those who have chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA), and when lung transplant is considered. The pulmonary hypertension team approach at Cleveland Clinic is described as well as current research studies.

Pulmonary Hypertension Program - https://my.clevelandclinic.org/departments/respiratory/depts/pulmonary-hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension - https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/6530-pulmonary-hypertension-causes-symptoms-diagnosis-treatment-
Dr. Jacob - https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/18238-miriam-jacob

Dr. Tong – https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/17126-michael-zhen-yu-tong
Dr. Heresi - https://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff/9249-gustavo-heresi
Surgery techniques - https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/21024-pulmonary-thromboendarterectomy-surgery
World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension - https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/early/2018/12/05/13993003.02148-2018

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