Steven H. Abman, Georg Hansmann, Stephen L. Archer, D. Dunbar Ivy, Ian Adatia, Wendy K. Chung, Brian D. Hanna, Erika B. Rosenzweig, J. Usha Raj, David Cornfield, Kurt R. Stenmark, Robin Steinhorn, Bernard Thébaud, Jeffrey R. Fineman, Titus Kuehne, Jeffrey A. Feinstein, Mark K. Friedberg, Michael Earing, Robyn J. Barst, Roberta L. Keller, John P. Kinsella, Mary Mullen, Robin Deterding, Thomas Kulik, George Mallory, Tilman Humpl, David L. Wessel
University of Colorado School of Medicine. Hannover Medical School. Queen’s University. University of Alberta. Columbia University. Stanford University. Medical College of Wisconsin. University of California, San Francisco. Hospital for Sick Children. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin. Boston Children’s Hospital. Baylor College of Medicine. University of Illinois, Chicago. University of California, Davis. Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Children’s National Medical Center.
United States, Germany and Canada
Circulation
Circulation 2015; 132: 2037-2099
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000329
Abstract
Pulmonary hypertension is associated with diverse cardiac, pulmonary, and systemic diseases in neonates, infants, and older children and contributes to significant morbidity and mortality. However, current approaches to caring for pediatric patients with pulmonary hypertension have been limited by the lack of consensus guidelines from experts in the field. In a joint effort from the American Heart Association and American Thoracic Society, a panel of experienced clinicians and clinician-scientists was assembled to review the current literature and to make recommendations on the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of pediatric pulmonary hypertension. This publication presents the results of extensive literature reviews, discussions, and formal scoring of recommendations for the care of children with pulmonary hypertension.
Category
Consensus Guidelines for Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Fresh or Filed Publication: Filed (PHiled). Greater than 1-2 years since publication
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