Research progress in pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease

Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease (PH-LHD) is the most commom form of PH, which is significantly associated with poor prognosis. Heart failure of various etiology and valvular heart disease often complicated with PH-LHD. Echocardiography is an initial screening method, and right cardiac catheterization is still the gold standard for diagnosis. At present, the treatment of PH-LHD is mainly based on basic diseases and the evidences related to PH-targeted medications is limited, which still needs to be confirmed by large-scale clinical trials. Key words: Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease; Epidemiology; Therapeutics