title: Current role of imaging in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary hypertension.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this review is to describe classification schemes and imaging findings in the diagnosis and management of pulmonary hypertension.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pulmonary hypertension is a complex pathophysiologic condition in which several clinical entities increase pressure in the pulmonary circulation, progressively impairing cardiopulmonary function and, if untreated, causing right ventricular failure. Current classification schemes emphasize the necessity of an early, accurate etiologic diagnosis for a tailored therapeutic approach. Imaging plays an increasingly important role in the diagnosis and management of suspected pulmonary hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. eduardo.barbosa@uphs.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Eduardo Jose Mortani
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.forename: Narainder K
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Drew A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Torigian
authors.forename: Warren B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Gefter
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012307:Risk Factors