J Korean Pediatr Cardiol Soc.  2006 Sep;10(3):225-234.

Overview and Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension

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  • 1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hallym university, Seoul, Korea. mjkim@hallym.or.kr

Abstract

The Prevalence of pediatric pulmonary hypertension is rare in general population, and the etiology of this disease is diverse or unknown. But, in recent years, remarkable understanding of vascular biology, normal and hypertensive pulmonary circulation has made an effort to the pathophysiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension. These efforts are adapted the patients treatments with new advanced drugs. In this reviw, we discuss the definition and the clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension, current concepts in the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and managements of pulmoanry hypertension. But, Despite of significant development of therapy, the patients with pulmonary hypertension in pediatric division are rare, so multicenter study in clinical setting is necessary to improve the quality of life and survival for them.

Keyword

Pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Pediatrics; Classification; Diagnosis; Treatment

MeSH Terms

Biology
Classification
Diagnosis
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension, Pulmonary*
Pediatrics
Prevalence
Pulmonary Circulation
Quality of Life
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