Knowledge regarding the pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension has grown in recent years, allowing the identification of well-defined risk factors and specific clinical conditions that may lead to development of the disease. In addition, better systems of classifying pulmonary hypertension, based on systematic investigation, have also been developed, thereby facilitating the design of more efficacious therapeutic approaches. Currently, there is an ongoing search to identify clinical situations in which pulmonary hypertension can be diagnosed early, which would allow therapeutic measures to be initiated in the early stages, thereby avoiding its progression.
Hypertension, pulmonary; Hypertension pulmonary; Hypertension, pulmonary; Hypertension, pulmonary; Schistosomiasis mansoni; Pulmonary artery; Algorithms; Evidence-based medicine; Diagnosis, differential
