REFERRAL
GUIDELINES
GUIDELINES
Who to refer
Consider Referral
In hypoxic lung disease (COPD, interstitial lung disease, sleep disordered breathing) where the pulmonary artery pressure is excessively high (TRPG > 60 mmHg or PASP > 65 mmHg).
Patients with left heart disease where the severity of pulmonary hypertension is thought disproportionate to the left heart problem again typically TRPG > 60 mmHg or PASP > 65 mmHg).
It should be noted that treatment of pulmonary hypertension in these patient groups is not yet established.