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PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

Ngày 27/03/2016 06:52 | Lượt xem: 2581

The diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension requires a clinical suspicion based on symptoms, physical examination and review of a comprehensive set of investigations. 

The diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension(PH) requires a clinical suspicion based on symptoms, physical examination and review of a comprehensive set of investigations. This is particularly important for identifying patients who may have more than one cause of PH.

The symptoms of PH are non-specific and mainly related to progressive right ventricular (RV) dysfunction. Initial symptoms are typically induced by exertion that include shortness of breath, fatigue, weakness, angina and syncope.

Less commonly patients may also describe dry cough and exercise-induced nausea and vomiting.

Symptoms at rest occur only in advanced cases. Abdominal distension and ankle oedema will develop with progressing RV failure. In some patients the clinical presentation may be related to mechanical complications of PH including haemoptysis( caused by rupture of hypertrophied bronchial arteries), hoarseness( caused by compression of the left recurrent laryngeal nerve), wheeze ( caused by large airway compression), angina ( caused by compression of the left main coronary artery).

The physical signs of PH include left parasternal lift, an accentuated pulmonary component of the second heart sound, an RV third heart sound, a systolic murmur of tricuspid regurgitation and a diastolic murmur of pulmonary regurgitation. Elevated jugular venous pressure, hepatomegaly, ascites, peripheral oedema and cool extremities characterize patients with advanced disease.

ECG abnormalities may include P pulmonale, right axis deviation, RV hypertrophy, RV strain, right bundle branch block, and QTc prolongation. But a normal ECG does not exclude the diagnosis. 

 

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