[Innovations in the Field of Pulmonary Hypertension - Critical Assessment of the Results of the 7th World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension]

This special issue summarizes, comments, and discusses the topics developed by the task forces at the 7th World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension in Barcelona in 2024 in consideration of recent literature. Particular attention is paid to the conditions in German-speaking countries. In addition to adjustments to the definition of the disease, diagnostics, and treatment of pulmonary hypertension, the pathophysiology of the right ventricle, genetic diagnostics, and imaging techniques are highlighted. Pulmonary hypertension in left heart disease, in lung disease, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary hypertension in children, and in adults with congenital heart disease are each presented and discussed in a separate article in the context of the guidelines and the World Congress.This special issue therefore provides a comprehensive overview of current topics and developments in the field of pulmonary hypertension.

• Grünig, E.
• Eichstaedt, C. A.
• Benjamin, N.