International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 154, Supplement 1 , Pages S13-S19, December 2011

Pulmonary hypertension: Hemodynamic evaluation. Updated Recommendations of the Cologne Consensus Conference 2011

  • Christian F. Opitz

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Internal Medicine and Department of Cardiology, DRK Kliniken Berlin-Köpenick
    • Clinic for Internal Medicine B, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Christian Opitz, Medical Direc-tor, Clinic for Internal Medicine, Department of Cardiology, DRK Kliniken Berlin Köpenick, Salvador-Allende-Straβe2-8,12559 Berlin. Tel.: +49303035-3318; fax: +49303035-3321
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  • Rüdiger Blindt

      Affiliations

    • Kardio Nord, Cardiovascular Center/Heart Catheterization/Specialty Practice Pulmonary Hypertension/Sports Medicine, Bremen
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  • Friedrich Blumberg

      Affiliations

    • Medical Clinic II, Prosper Hospital Recklinghausen
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  • Mathias M. Borst

      Affiliations

    • Medical Clinic I, Caritas Hospital, Bad Mergentheim
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  • Leonhard Bruch

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Internal Medicine, Trauma Hospital, Berlin
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  • Hanno H. Leuchte

      Affiliations

    • 2nd Medical Department, Hospital Neuwittelsbach, Munich
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  • Mona Lichtblau

      Affiliations

    • Center for pulmonary hypertension, Chest Clinic at the University Hospital Heidelberg
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  • Christian Nagel

      Affiliations

    • Center for pulmonary hypertension, Chest Clinic at the University Hospital Heidelberg
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  • Klaus Peters

      Affiliations

    • Heart Center Bad Krozingen
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  • Stephan Rosenkranz

      Affiliations

    • Clinic III for Internal Medicine, Heart Center at the University of Cologne
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  • Dietmar Schranz

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Heart Center, Justus-Liebig University Gießen
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  • Dirk Skowasch

      Affiliations

    • Medical Clinic and Polyclinic II, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn
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  • Henning Tiede

      Affiliations

    • Medical Clinic 2, Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH, Gießen Branch
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  • Joachim Weil

      Affiliations

    • Medical Clinic II University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck
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  • Ralf Ewert

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Internal Medicine B, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald

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 invasive hemodynamic evaluation 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 , Hemodynamic evaluation , Vasoreactivity testing , Right heart catheter

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 Source: Opitz CF, Blindt R, Blumberg F, et al. Pulmonary hypertension: hemo-dynamic evaluation: Recommendations of the Cologne Consensus Conference 2010. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2010;135(Suppl3):S78-86.

PII: S0167-5273(11)70489-2

doi:10.1016/S0167-5273(11)70489-2

International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 154, Supplement 1 , Pages S13-S19, December 2011

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