Severe pulmonary hypertension in COPD: is it a distinct disease?
E Weitzenblum, A Chaouat - Chest, 2005 - journal.chestnet.org
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is frequently observed in patients with advanced COPD as a
consequence of chronic alveolar hypoxia. 1 In patients with respiratory disease, PH is
generally defined by a resting mean pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) measured in the
recumbent position of 20 mm Hg. 2, 3 This definition is slightly different from that of idiopathic
pulmonary hypertension (resting PAP, 25 mm Hg4), but the latter has been adopted for all
forms of PH following the World Health Organization meetings held in Evian, France, in 1998 …
consequence of chronic alveolar hypoxia. 1 In patients with respiratory disease, PH is
generally defined by a resting mean pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) measured in the
recumbent position of 20 mm Hg. 2, 3 This definition is slightly different from that of idiopathic
pulmonary hypertension (resting PAP, 25 mm Hg4), but the latter has been adopted for all
forms of PH following the World Health Organization meetings held in Evian, France, in 1998 …