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Table 6 Recommendations for CMR in the guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension

From: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance in the guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology: a comprehensive summary and update

Recommendation

Class

Level

Recommendations for screening and improved detection of pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension

In symptomatic patients with systemic sclerosis, exercise echocardiography or cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET), or CMR may be considered to aid decisions to perform right heart catheterization

IIb

C

  1. CMR  cardiovascular magnetic resonance