Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Risk Stratification

Drs Vallerie McLaughlin and Ioana Preston discuss how equations and prediction models guide risk stratification of patients diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

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Resources

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/303098-overview

REVEAL Registry: Registry to Evaluate Early and Long-term PAH Disease Management https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00370214

Predicting Survival in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Insights From the Registry to Evaluate Early and Long-term Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Disease Management (REVEAL) https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.898122

Predicting Survival in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: The REVEAL Risk Score Calculator 2.0 and Comparison With ESC/ERS-Based Risk Assessment Strategies https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2019.02.004

Development and Validation of an Abridged Version of the REVEAL 2.0 Risk Score Calculator, REVEAL Lite 2, for Use in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chest.2020.08.2069

REVEAL Lite 2 Risk Calculator https://pahriskcalculatorlt.com/

Brain-Type Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/2087425-overview

2015 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension: The Joint Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS): Endorsed by: Association for European Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology (AEPC), International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehv317

Risk Assessment in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/51/3/1702606

A Comprehensive Risk Stratification at Early Follow-up Determines Prognosis in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehx257

Risk Assessment, Prognosis and Guideline Implementation in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00889-2017

Risk Assessment in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02606-2017

Regular Risk Assessment in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension - A Whistleblower for Hidden Disease Progression https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8888324

A Pragmatic Approach to Risk Assessment in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Using the 2015 European Society of Cardiology/European Respiratory Society Guidelines https://openheart.bmj.com/content/8/2/e001725.long

Risk Assessment in Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension: A Comparative Analysis https://respiratory-research.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12931-021-01624-z

Diagnostic and Predictive Value of Right Heart Catheterization-Derived Measurements in Pulmonary Hypertension https://doi.org/10.36740/WLek202103130

Scleroderma https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/331864-overview

COMPERA 2.0: A Refined 4-Strata Risk Assessment Model for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02311-2021