Pharmacologic therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension in adults: CHEST guideline and expert panel report.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Choices of pharmacologic therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) are ideally guided by high-level evidence. The objective of this guideline is to provide clinicians advice regarding pharmacologic therapy for adult patients with PAH as informed by available evidence.

Methods

This guideline was based on systematic reviews of English language evidence published between 1990 and November 2013, identified using the MEDLINE and Cochrane Library databases. The strength of available evidence was graded using the Grades of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation methodology. Guideline recommendations, or consensus statements when available evidence was insufficient to support recommendations, were developed using a modified Delphi technique to a

SUBMITTER: Taichman DB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4137591 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature