Top ten list in pulmonary vascular disease.

This statement of clinical guidelines, although at times subjective in its ratings of evidence, is valuable as an overview of the field of pulmonary hypertension and comprehensive in its review of the extant literature. Sections include diagnosis and management of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH); methodology and grading for pulmonary hypertension evidence review and guideline development; screening, early detection, and diagnosis of PAH; medical therapy for PAH; surgical treatments/interventions for PAH; PAH and sleep-disordered breathing; and prognosis of PAH.