TY - JOUR T1 - Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension: Summary of Recommendations JO - Archivos de Bronconeumología T2 - AU - Barberà,Joan Albert AU - Román,Antonio AU - Gómez-Sánchez,Miguel Ángel AU - Blanco,Isabel AU - Otero,Remedios AU - López-Reyes,Raquel AU - Otero,Isabel AU - Pérez-Peñate,Gregorio AU - Sala,Ernest AU - Escribano,Pilar SN - 15792129 M3 - 10.1016/j.arbr.2017.11.017 DO - 10.1016/j.arbr.2017.11.017 UR - https://www.archbronconeumol.org/en-guidelines-on-diagnosis-treatment-pulmonary-articulo-S157921291830051X AB - Pulmonary hypertension is a hemodynamic disorder defined by abnormally high pulmonary artery pressure that can occur in numerous diseases and clinical situations. The causes of pulmonary hypertension are classified into 5 major groups: arterial, due to left heart disease, due to lung disease and/or hypoxemia, chronic thromboembolic, with unclear and/or multifactorial mechanisms. This is a brief summary of the Guidelines on the Diagnostic and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension of the Spanish Society of Pulmonology and Thoracic Surgery. These guidelines describe the current recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of the different pulmonary hypertension groups. ER -