Pulmonology · Pathway 54
Pulmonary Hypertension: Causes & Classification
Key points
- Pulmonary hypertension: causes and classification Pulmonary hypertension may be defined as a sustained elevation in mean pulmonary arterial pressure of greater than 25 mmHg at rest.
- Pulmonary hypertension: causes and
- Pulmonary hypertension may be defined as a sustained elevation in
- mean pulmonary arterial pressure of greater than 25 mmHg at rest. It
- has recently been reclassified by the WHO: