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Current Guidelines and Expert Consenus:
National Guideline Clearinghouse
Guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. The Task Force on Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology.
ACCF/AHA 2009 Expert Consensus Document on Pulmonary Hypertension
A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation Task Force on Expert Consensus Documents and the American Heart Association Developed in Collaboration With the American College of Chest Physicians; American Thoracic Society, Inc.; and the Pulmonary Hypertension Association.
2009 Focused Update Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2005 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure in Adults
A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines Developed in Collaboration With the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.
Diagnosis:
Pulmonary Disorders - Approach to the Patient With Pulmonary Symptoms - Dyspnea
The Merck Manual for Healthcare Professionals
Approach to Leg Edema of Unclear Etiology
Medscape, 03/14/2006
Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Medscape, 06/29/2005
Screening, Early Detection, and Diagnosis of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension*
ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
Chest, July 2004
Failure of Medical Therapy in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension - Is There an Alternative Diagnosis?
Chest, June, 2009
Testing:
Hemodynamic Assessment of Pulmonary Hypertension: Echocardiography and Cardiac Catheterization
Medscape, 12/17/2007
J Am Coll Cardiol, 2006
Computed Tomography Angiography in Pulmonary Hypertension
IMAJ, February, 2008
MRI - One-Stop Shop for the Comprehensive Assessment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension?
Chest, July, 2007
AJR, 2007
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