The Basic Work Up for Pulmonary Hypertension

The initial basic work up for suspected pulmonary hypertension related to increased pulmonary vascular resistance really starts with a thorough history. If you're going to order a view cu scan, just make sure that you do it at a place where radiologists read v c scans often. And if you are at an institution that has a lot of comfort with these, a v c scan to start the evaluation for c tf. Have a low threshold to order that sleep study. It is so, so common.