title: [Pulmonary heart disease--cardiologist's point of view].
abstract: This paper presents cardiologist's point of view on definition, diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary heart disease. Difficulties  in interpretation of definition in clinical praxis and the role of medical history, physical examination, lung function tests,  gasometry, chest X-ray and ECG in initial diagnosis of pulmonary heart disease are described. Author underlines the  importance of echocardiographic study and pulmonary hemodynamics in confirmation of diagnosis and in differential  diagnosis of "out of proportion" pulmonary hypertension. The current results of specific for pulmonary artery hypertension  vasodilatory treatment in patients with pulmonary heart disease are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Oddział Kardiologii Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Specjalistycznego, ul. Kamieńskiego 73 A, 51–124 Wrocław. lewczuk@wssk.wroc.pl
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lewczuk
mesh_terms: D002309:Cardiology / Q000592:standards*; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D010819:Physician's Role; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors