Echocardiography for diagnostics of pulmonary hypertension

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a common serious clinical problem that is addressed by physicians in various clinical specialties. For the pulmonologist, it is important that PH is a frequent and prognostically unfavorable complication of chronic respiratory diseases. The basis of the examination of patients in whom PH is suspected is a complex of studies, including a complete clinical examination, various laboratory and instrumental methods, including catheterization of the right heart. Currently, the technique of catheterization of the right heart remains the "gold standard" in determining the pressure in the pulmonary artery (PAP) and a mandatory component in the diagnosis of PH. However, this method, being invasive, has a number of limitations. The possibility and necessity of using catheterization of the right heart with dynamic observation is disputed.