[New definition and classification of pulmonary hypertension]

In the recent ESC/ERS guidelines on the diagnosis and management of pulmonary hypertension (PH) several important changes have been made in respect of the definition and classification of PH.The mPAP cut-off for defining PH was lowered. PH is now defined by an mPAP > 20 mmHg assessed by right heart catheterization. Moreover, the PVR threshold for defining precapillary PH was lowered. Precapillary PH is now defined by a PVR > 2 WU and a pulmonary arterial wedge pressure (PAWP)

• Douschan, P.
• Egenlauf, B.
• Gall, H.
• Grünig, E.
• Hager, A.
• Heberling, M.
• Koehler, T.
• Olschewski, H.
• Seyfarth, H. J.
• Yogeswaran, A.
• Ulrich, S.
• Kovacs, G.