1. Hemodynamic classification of pulmonary hypertension (PH)
Hemodynamic classification of pulmonary hypertension (PH). A: Pulmonary hypertension may result from pathology in precapillary or postcapillary pulmonary circulation. B: Common causes of precapillary PH. C: Common causes of postcapillary and mixed PH. Ao, aorta; CMP, cardiomyopathy; DTPG, diastolic transpulmonary gradient; LA, left atrium; LV, left ventricle; LVEDP, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure; PA, pulmonary artery; PAWP, pulmonary arterial wedge pressure; PC, pulmonary capillaries; PV, pulmonary veins; PVR, pulmonary vascular resistance; RA, right atrium; RV, right ventricle; TPG, transpulmonary pressure gradient; VC, vena cava. (Reproduced, with permission, from De Marco T, et al. Pulmonary hypertension in left heart disease—systolic, diastolic, valvular. In: Benza R, et al. Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Heart Failure: ISHLT Monograph Series. Vol 9. Kirklin JK, series ed. Birmingham, AL: UAB Printing; Copyright © University of Alabama, Birmingham Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery.)
Source: Pulmonary Hypertension, CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Cardiology, 5e
Citation: Crawford MH. CURRENT Diagnosis & Treatment: Cardiology, 5e; 2017 Available at: Accessed: October 21, 2017
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