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Original Article
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Korean J Med. 2010;78(1):1-4.
- 새로 개정된 폐고혈압의 임상적 분류
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정해억
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1Department of Internal Medicine, Dong-A University College of Medicine; 2Division of Nephrology, Busan Medical Center, Busan, Korea
- Updated clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension
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Hae Ok Jung
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1동아대학교 의과대학 내과학교실, 2부산의료원 신장내과
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- Abstract
- Pulmonary hypertension is a hemodynamic and pathophysiological condition defined as an increase in mean pulmonary arterial
pressure ≥25 mmHg at rest as assessed by right heart catheterization. Clinical conditions of pulmonary hypertension are classified
into 6 clinical groups with different pathological, pathophysiological, prognostic and therapeutic features. The treatment strategy is
remarkably different among 6 clinical groups. Group 1 (pulmonary arterial hypertension) is the only clinical group with specific
drug therapy and an evidence-based treatment algorithm is provided. Following descriptions are about the clinical classification of
pulmonary hypertension updated at 4th World symposium of pulmonary hypertension held in 2008. (Korean J Med 78:1-4, 2010)
Keywords :Pulmonary hypertension, Pulmonary arterial hypertension
