Table 10

Recommendations for right heart catheterization in pulmonary hypertension

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  • CTEPH: chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; LVEDP: left ventricular end-diastolic pressure; PAWP: pulmonary artery wedge pressure; PH: pulmonary hypertension; RHC: right heart catheterization.

  • aClass of recommendation.

  • bLevel of evidence.

  • cReference(s) supporting recommendations.