The term pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) identifies a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by a progressive increase in pulmonary arterial resistance (PVR), which causes a significant burden in terms of quality of life, right heart failure and premature death. The pathogenesis of PAH is not completely clear: the remodeling of the small pulmonary vessels is crucial, causing an increase in the resistance of the pulmonary circle. Its diagnosis is based on cardiac catheterization of the right heart. According to the present hemodynamic definition of pulmonary hypertension (PH) proposed by the Guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology/European Respiratory Society (ESC-ERS), the mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) values are ≥25 mmHg. In case of PAH, apart from an mPAP value ≥25 mmHg, patients must have a >3 Wood units increase in PVR and normal pressure values of the left heart. PH is a pathophysiological condition observed in more than 40 different diseases, while PAH is a primary disease of the pulmonary bloodstream potentially treatable with specific drugs. PAH is a severe complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc) affecting about 10% of the patients. Due to the devastating nature of SSc-PAH, there is a clear need to systematically adopt appropriate screening programs. In fact, despite awareness of the negative impact of SSc-PAH on quality of life and survival, as well as on the severity of lung function, at the moment standardized and shared guidelines and/or screening programs for the diagnosis and the subsequent early treatment of PAH in SSc are not available. The aim of the present paper is to highlight the lights and shadows of SSc-PAH, unraveling the unmet clinical needs on this topic with a proposal of clinical-diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines.

Pulmonary arterial hypertension: Guidelines and unmet clinical needs / Giuggioli, D.; Bruni, C.; Cacciapaglia, F.; Dardi, F.; De Cata, A.; Del Papa, N.; Iannone, F.; Lunardi, C.; Maglione, W.; Molinaro, F.; Palazzini, M.; Spinella, A.; Tinazzi, E.; Matucci Cerinic, M.. - In: REUMATISMO. - ISSN 0048-7449. - 72:4(2020), pp. 228-246. [10.4081/reumatismo.2020.1310]

Pulmonary arterial hypertension: Guidelines and unmet clinical needs

Giuggioli D.;Spinella A.;
2020

Abstract

The term pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) identifies a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by a progressive increase in pulmonary arterial resistance (PVR), which causes a significant burden in terms of quality of life, right heart failure and premature death. The pathogenesis of PAH is not completely clear: the remodeling of the small pulmonary vessels is crucial, causing an increase in the resistance of the pulmonary circle. Its diagnosis is based on cardiac catheterization of the right heart. According to the present hemodynamic definition of pulmonary hypertension (PH) proposed by the Guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology/European Respiratory Society (ESC-ERS), the mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) values are ≥25 mmHg. In case of PAH, apart from an mPAP value ≥25 mmHg, patients must have a >3 Wood units increase in PVR and normal pressure values of the left heart. PH is a pathophysiological condition observed in more than 40 different diseases, while PAH is a primary disease of the pulmonary bloodstream potentially treatable with specific drugs. PAH is a severe complication of systemic sclerosis (SSc) affecting about 10% of the patients. Due to the devastating nature of SSc-PAH, there is a clear need to systematically adopt appropriate screening programs. In fact, despite awareness of the negative impact of SSc-PAH on quality of life and survival, as well as on the severity of lung function, at the moment standardized and shared guidelines and/or screening programs for the diagnosis and the subsequent early treatment of PAH in SSc are not available. The aim of the present paper is to highlight the lights and shadows of SSc-PAH, unraveling the unmet clinical needs on this topic with a proposal of clinical-diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines.
2020
72
4
228
246
Pulmonary arterial hypertension: Guidelines and unmet clinical needs / Giuggioli, D.; Bruni, C.; Cacciapaglia, F.; Dardi, F.; De Cata, A.; Del Papa, N.; Iannone, F.; Lunardi, C.; Maglione, W.; Molinaro, F.; Palazzini, M.; Spinella, A.; Tinazzi, E.; Matucci Cerinic, M.. - In: REUMATISMO. - ISSN 0048-7449. - 72:4(2020), pp. 228-246. [10.4081/reumatismo.2020.1310]
Giuggioli, D.; Bruni, C.; Cacciapaglia, F.; Dardi, F.; De Cata, A.; Del Papa, N.; Iannone, F.; Lunardi, C.; Maglione, W.; Molinaro, F.; Palazzini, M.; Spinella, A.; Tinazzi, E.; Matucci Cerinic, M.
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