[How do we respond to the newly-revised haemodynamic definitions of pulmonary hypertension].

ABSTRACT

In August 2022, the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS) jointly issued the 2022 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension, which updated the hemodynamic diagnostic criteria for pulmonary hypertension, causing widespread debate among experts. How should we respond to the updated diagnostic criteria for pulmonary hypertension? This paper analyzes the origin of the diagnostic criteria for pulmonary hypertension, how to understand the newly revised diagnostic criteria for hemodynamics, the definition of the new criteria for exercise pulmonary hypertension, and the important impact of the new diagnostic criteria on clinical practice, and puts forward countermeasures.