International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 154, Supplement 1 , Pages S3-S12, December 2011

Non-invasive diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension: ESC/ERS Guidelines with Updated Commentary of the Cologne Consensus Conference 2011

  • Ekkehard Grünig

      Affiliations

    • Center for pulmonary hypertension, Chest Clinic at the University Hospital Heidelberg
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Prof. Dr. med. Ekkehard Grnig, Center for pulmonary hypertension, Thoraxklinik am Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Amalienstr. 5, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany. Tel.: +49(0)6221/396-8076;fax: +49(0)6221/396-1209
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  • Andreas Barner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, Hospital Fürth
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  • Michael Bell

      Affiliations

    • Alfried-Krupp Hospital Essen
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  • Martin Claussen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pneumology, Hospital Großhansdorf
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  • Michael Dandel

      Affiliations

    • German Heart Center Berlin
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  • Daniel Dumitrescu

      Affiliations

    • Clinic III for Internal Medicine, Heart Center of the Cologne University
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  • Matthias Gorenflo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, UZ Leuven, Belgium
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  • Stephan Holt

      Affiliations

    • Departiment of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Bergmannsheil Bochum
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  • Gabor Kovacs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pulmonology, University Hospital Graz
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  • Sebastian Ley

      Affiliations

    • Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Heidelberg
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  • Joachim F. Meyer

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Pneumology and Gastroenterology, Hospital Munich Harlaching
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  • Stefan Pabst

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pneumology, University Hospital Bonn
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  • Gabriela Riemekasten

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rheumatology, Charité Berlin
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  • Joachim Saur

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pneumology, University Hospital Mannheim, Mannheim
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  • Martin Schwaiblmair

      Affiliations

    • Heart Center, Hospital Augsburg
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  • Cathérine Seck

      Affiliations

    • Clinic III for Internal Medicine, Heart Center of the Cologne University
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  • Lutz Sinn

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Practice, Bad Säckingen
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  • Stephan Sorichter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pneumology, University Hospital Freiburg
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  • Jörg Winkler

      Affiliations

    • Specialty Practice for Pneumology Fachpraxis Leipzig
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  • Hanno H. Leuchte

      Affiliations

    • IInd Medical Department, Hospital Neuwittelsbach, Munich

Abstract 

The 2009 European Guidelines on Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension have been adopted for Germany. The guidelines contain detailed recommendations for the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension. However, the practical implementation of the European Guidelines in Germany requires the consideration of several country-specific issues and already existing novel data. This requires a detailed commentary to the guidelines, and in some aspects an update already appears necessary. In June 2010, a Consensus Conference organized by the PH working groups of the German Society of Cardiology (DGK), the German Society of Respiratory Medicine (DGP) and the German Society of Pediatric Cardiology (DGPK) was held in Cologne, Germany. This conference aimed to solve practical and controversial issues surrounding the implementation of the European Guidelines in Germany. To this end, a number of working groups was initiated, one of which was specifically dedicated to the non-invasive diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension. This manuscript describes in detail the results and recommendations of the working group which were last updated in October 2011.

Keywords:  Pulmonary hypertension , Diagnosis , Echocardiography , Exercise testing , Guidelines

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 Source: Grünig E, Barner A, Bell M, et al. Non-invasive diagnosis in pulmonary hypertension:ESC/ERS guidelines with commentary of the Cologne ConsensusConference 2010. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2010;135(Suppl3):S67-S77.

PII: S0167-5273(11)70488-0

doi:10.1016/S0167-5273(11)70488-0

International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 154, Supplement 1 , Pages S3-S12, December 2011

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