Bariatric surgery in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a progressive disease involving the pulmonary arteries resulting increased pulmonary artery pressure, right heart failure and ultimately death. PH is defined by resting pulmonary arterial pressure ≥ 25mmHg and requires right heart catherization to be diagnosed. PH is classified based upon etiology into five groups: Group I- pulmonary arterial hypertension, Group II-PH due to left heart disease, Group III- PH due to chronic lung disease and or hypoxeia, Group IV- PH due to chronic thromboemb olic pulmonary hypertension and Group V- PH due to unclear multifactorial mechanisms [1,2] (reviewer#1, comment#1).

Source: Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases - July 19, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Zubadiah Nor Hanipah, Michael J. Mulcahy, Gautam Sharma, Suriya Punchai, Karen Steckner, Raed Dweik, Ali Aminian, Philip R Schauer, Stacy A. Brethauer Tags: Original articles Source Type: research