title: Physiological Techniques and Pulmonary Hypertension - Left Heart Disease.
abstract: Group 2 Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is associated with left heart disease (LHD;Group 2 PH) and is the most common form of PH. Group 2 PH represents an important subgroup of patients with LHD where the development of PH leads to a significant increase in morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis may provide an opportunity to intervene and significantly delay progression. In addition to clinical suspicion, several approaches including hemodynamic assessment, exercise testing, and imaging techniques play an important role in better disease characterization and management. Here, we review the role of physiologic based hemodynamic and exercise assessments of Group 2 PH patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Pulmonary Heart Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center.
authors.forename: Manyoo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Center for Pulmonary Heart Disease, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program, Center for Pulmonary-Heart Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, Harvard Medical School. Electronic address: abwaxman@partners.org.
authors.forename: Aaron B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Waxman
mesh_terms: D003935:Diagnostic Techniques, Cardiovascular; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: Diastolic; Exercise testing; Heart failure; Invasive hemodynamics; Pulmonary hypertension