AUTHOR=Skinner Gregory James TITLE=Echocardiographic Assessment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension for Pediatricians and Neonatologists JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pediatrics VOLUME=5 YEAR=2017 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pediatrics/articles/10.3389/fped.2017.00168 DOI=10.3389/fped.2017.00168 ISSN=2296-2360 ABSTRACT=

There is a growing awareness of the role that increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) plays in many pathologies; therefore, assessment of pulmonary artery pressure (PAP) is an increasingly requested investigation in the critical care environment. This article will go through the basic concepts regarding PAP and PVR, then will go on to outline the various echocardiographic parameters which are used to assess them. Finally, an outline of how to undertake this assessment will be presented.