Recommendations for pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
Statement | Class# | Level¶ |
Referral of patients with PVOD to a transplant centre for evaluation is indicated as soon as the diagnosis is established | I | C |
Patients with PVOD should be managed only in centres with extensive experience in PAH due to the risk of lung oedema after the initiation of PAH-specific drug therapy | IIa | C |
PVOD: pulmonary veno-occlusive disease; PAH: pulmonary arterial hypertension. #: class of recommendation; ¶: level of evidence.