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Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension

Última revisão: 11 Dec 2025
Última atualização: 24 Oct 2024

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • age 20-50 years
  • female sex
  • dyspnea
  • accentuated pulmonic component (P2) to the second heart sound
  • tricuspid regurgitation murmur
  • family history
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • fatigue
  • peripheral edema
  • cyanosis
  • stimulant use
  • syncope
  • chest pain
  • near syncope
  • early diastolic, high-pitched murmur in the pulmonary area
  • jugular vein distension
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Fatores de risco

  • family history
  • female sex
  • bone morphogenetic protein receptor type 2 (BMPR2) mutations
  • appetite suppressants
  • drugs and toxins
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • chest radiography
  • ECG
  • transthoracic Doppler echocardiography
  • right heart catheterization
  • antinuclear antibodies (ANA)
  • pulmonary function tests
  • arterial blood gas (ABG)
  • nocturnal oximetry
  • ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) scintigraphy
  • 6-minute walk test
  • B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) or N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP)
  • CBC
  • LFTs
  • thyroid function tests
  • HIV serology
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • high-resolution chest CT scan ± CT pulmonary angiography
  • cardiac MRI
  • vasodilator testing with inhaled nitric oxide, inhaled iloprost, or intravenous epoprostenol
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Algoritmo de tratamento

CONTÍNUA

positive response to acute vasoreactivity testing with no contraindication to calcium-channel blockers

negative response to acute vasoreactivity testing or contraindication to calcium-channel blockers: without cardiopulmonary comorbidity

Colaboradores

Autores

Muhammad Sameed, MD

Director Advance Lung Disease Program

Department of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital - Einstein Health

Philadelphia

PA

Declarações

MS declares that he has no competing interests.

Gustavo A. Heresi, MD, MS
Gustavo A. Heresi

Director, Pulmonary Vascular and CTEPH Program

Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Respiratory Institute

Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland

OH

Divulgaciones

GAH has received speaking and advisory board fees from Bayer Healthcare, the manufacturer of riociguat.

Agradecimientos

Dr Muhammad Sameed and Dr Gustavo A. Heresi would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Raed A. Dweik, a previous contributor to this topic.

Divulgaciones

RAD declares that he has no competing interests.

Revisores por pares

Michael J. Krowka, MD

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Rochester

MN

Divulgaciones

MJK declares that he has no competing interests.

Charlie Elliot, MB ChB, MRCP

Consultant Physician in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine

Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit

Royal Hallamshire Hospital

Sheffield

UK

Divulgaciones

CE has received reimbursement for attending several conferences as well as lecture fees from Actelion Pharmaceuticals, GSK, and Bayer.

Maria Giovanna Triveri, MD, PhD

​Assistant Professor of Cardiology,

Medical Director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Program

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital

New York

NY

Divulgaciones

MGT has participated on Advisory Boards of Bayer and Actelion and received financial compensation for attendance.

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Artículos principales

Simonneau G, Montani D, Celermajer DS, et al. Haemodynamic definitions and updated clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension. Eur Respir J. 2019 Jan;53(1):1801913.Texto completo  Resumen

Humbert M, Kovacs G, Hoeper MM, et al; ESC/ERS Scientific Document Group. 2022 ESC/ERS guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension. Eur Heart J. 2022 Oct 11;43(38):3618-731. [Erratum in: Eur Heart J. 2023 Feb 23:ehad005.]Texto completo  Resumen

Rich S, Dantzker DR, Ayres SM, et al. Primary pulmonary hypertension. A national prospective study. Ann Intern Med. 1987 Aug;107(2):216-23. Resumen

Klinger JR, Elliott CG, Levine DJ, et al. Therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension in adults: update of the CHEST guideline and expert panel report. Chest. 2019 Mar;155(3):565-86. [Erratum in: Chest. 2021 Jan;159(1):457.] Resumen

Frost A, Badesch D, Gibbs JSR, et al. Diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension. Eur Respir J. 2019 Jan;53(1):1801904.Texto completo  Resumen

Galiè N, Channick RN, Frantz RP, et al. Risk stratification and medical therapy of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Eur Respir J. 2019 Jan;53(1):1801889.Texto completo  Resumen

Artículos de referencia

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  • Guías de práctica clínica

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