Patient-reported Functional Class (FC) may better reflect pulmonary hypertension burden than physician-assigned Functional Class, CHEST, November 27, 2025

A new study published recently on CHEST evaluated whether the Pulmonary Hypertension Functional Class Self-Report (PH-FC-SR)—a patient-reported version of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Functional Class—captures functional status in a way that reflects patients’ real experiences. Study Overview Eighty-nine adults with pulmonary hypertension (Groups 1–5) from the Cleveland Clinic and Mayo Clinic completed an online […]

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Key insights from the “Patient Perspective” article in the World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension (WSPH) proceedings, European Respiratory Journal, August 29, 2024

The full proceedings of the World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension which was held in Barcelona 29.6-1.7, 2024, have now been published in the European Respiratory Journal at this link. The proceedings cover the work of the 15 task forces; Task Force n°1’s article is titled “Exploring the patient perspective in pulmonary hypertension” (see below for

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“PH Roundtable: Pros and Cons of the 2022 ERS/ESC Guidelines: Practicality vs Real World View”, Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension, April 13, 2023

This article, published in Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension, refers to a round table covened to discuss the 2022 joint ERS/ESC guidelines on pulmonary hypertension. The round table was attended by Dr Thenappan Thenappan, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Dr Marc Humbert, Université Paris-Saclay, Paris; Dr Vallerie McLaughlin, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Dr Hilary DuBrock, Mayo

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The 2022 “Clinical Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension” by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Respiratory Society (ERS)

The work of two years of the Task Force in charge of the new European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Respiratory Society (ERS) joint Clinical Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension has finally come to an end. The new guidelines were officially presented yesterday at the ESC Annual Congress in Barcelona

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