Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Left Heart Disease

Publication Date: December 1, 2018
Last Updated: March 14, 2022

Recommendations

Pulmonary arterial wedge pressure 

A value of PAWP >15 mmHg, measured at end-expiration at rest, is considered consistent with PH-LHD. There is insufficient new data since the 5th WSPH in 2013 to recommend a change in this cut-off value.
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Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Left Heart Disease

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