Comment on Topyła-Putowska et al. Echocardiography in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Comprehensive Evaluation and Technical Considerations. J. Clin. Med. 2021, 10, 3229

Abstract

A comprehensive PAH echocardiographic examination of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) should include a set of parameters resembling the pathophysiological changes occurring in the course of the disease. This approach could help clinicians build a complete picture of the patient, test the effects of targeted therapies and identify patients who need a more aggressive therapeutic approach to achieve a low risk-status.

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“…A comprehensive review on the role of echocardiography in PAH that includes technical information on the new techniques in use, and emphasizes the need for testing, standardization and precise methodology offers useful detailed information on the technique [ 7 ]. The related comment by Manzi et al, that followed, emphasizes the need of including in the echocardiographic testing indices reflecting the pathophysiological changes that occur in the process of the disease and which, most importantly, would test the effect of specific PAH therapies [ 8 ].…”