When to suspect pulmonary hypertension

• related: pulmonary hypertension
• tags: #literature #pulmonology

---

Signs

• COPD and pulmonary hypertension COPD-PH
  • look for severe dyspnea with mild emphysema
  • FEV1/DLCO ratio > 1.4
• ILD and pulmonary hypertension ILD-PH
  • FVC/DLCO% > 1.6
  • Use FORD score for predicting
  • CorVista POC test
• severe desaturation on walk test with HR recovery in 1 min

Imaging

• PA/Ao >0.93

Labs

• ProBNP > 650

EKG

• PH-EDA for EKG prediction
• Precordial heave due to RV hypertrophy
• Loud P2, right sided S3 and or S4
• Fixed splitting S2
• Holosystolic murmur from tricuspid regirgutation¹

Links to this note

• pulmonary hypertension

  • When to suspect pulmonary hypertension

• ILD and pulmonary hypertension ILD-PH

  • When to suspect pulmonary hypertension

• COPD and pulmonary hypertension COPD-PH

  • When to suspect pulmonary hypertension[^1]

Footnotes

1. SEEK Questionnaires ↩