Assessment of pulmonary hypertension in patients attending Sohag university hospital ( in out patient clinic or in patient) focusing on the etiology of pulmonary hypertension
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
200
All the patients will be subjected to thorough medical history and clinical examination and the results of the previous investigations will be collected aiming for reaching the diagnosis of the etiology of pulmonary hypertension. ct pulmonary angiography and then right heart catheterization will be done in case of undiagnosed etiology.
Sohag University Hospital
Sohag, Egypt
RECRUITINGDetection of the causes of pulmonary hypertension in patients attending Sohag university hospital
We will diagnose the cause of pulmonary hypertension in each participant. This will be done by following the diagnostic algorithm of European Society of Cardiology/ European Respiratory Society (ESC/ERS) 2015 guidelines (e.g. we will exclude that pulmonary hypertension is secondary to pulmonary disease by performing adequate assessment of the patient medical history and clinical examination, performing chest x-ray and or high resolution CT chest, spirometry...), so we will know the pattern of pulmonary hypertension etiology in patients attending of Sohag university hospital
Time frame: one year
kamal a ata, professor
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