Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Target audience

Respiratory and cardiology clinicians and their trainees

Educational aims

The aim of this ERS course was to provide a comprehensive update in assessment and interpretation of PAH and help to become resource professionals on this topic. It enabled physicians with little specialised knowledge of the pulmonary circulation to understand the processes of diagnosis and management of the various pulmonary vascular conditions.

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Clinical features of pulmonary hypertension S. Gaine (Dublin, Ireland)
Pathology of pulmonary hypertension P. Dorfmüller (Paris, France)
Pathobiology of pulmonary hypertension A. Peacock (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension R. Naeije (Brussels, Belgium)
Right heart failure in pulmonary hypertension A. Vonk Noordegraaf (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Cardiac catheterisation lecture and video demonstration M. D’Alto (Naples, Italy)
Radiology of pulmonary hypertension M. Sproule (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Exercise testing in pulmonary hypertension M. Johnson (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Making the diagnosis of acute pulmonary embolism O. Sanchez (Paris, France)
Treatment of acute pulmonary embolism M. Johnson (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Pulmonary Embolism J. Pepke-Zaba (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Current medical treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension S. Gaine (Dublin, Ireland)
Who to treat/who not to treat: L Heart disease R. Naeije (Brussels, Belgium)
Who to treat/who not to treat: Hypoxic lung disease A. Vonk Noordegraaf (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Pulmonary hypertension in the ICU S. Gaine (Dublin, Ireland)
Clinical trials in PAH: what do they tell us R. Naeije (Brussels, Belgium)
The future of treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension A. Peacock (Glasgow, United Kingdom)