Comprehensive MDCT Evaluation of Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension: Diagnosing Underlying Causes With the Updated Dana Point 2008 Classification

OBJECTIVE. Pulmonary hypertension is a challenge for imagers and clinicians, with a variety of possible underlying causes, each with its own specific treatment. Although the diagnosis is based on physiologic measurements, ECG-gated MDCT can play a vital role in elucidating underlying cardiac, vascular, and pulmonary causes. CONCLUSION. A revised system for pulmonary hypertension, the Dana Point classification, can provide a template for review of the myriad causes of this complex condition.