●Bologna大学内科系心脏病学副教授、心脏病学研究院肺动脉高压中心主任
    ●意大利心脏病学学会肺循环工作组主席，ESC肺循环工作组联合主席、ESC肺循环指南委员会主席
    ●主要研究领域：肺动脉高压

    <International Circulation>:What is the current epidemiology of pulmonary hypertension?

   《国际循环》：请简单介绍肺动脉高压的流行病学现状？一些中国医生想更好地了解肺动脉高压的总体情况和流行病学概况。

    Prof.Galie:We do not have many data. In Europe， we have the data from the French registry and the Scottish registry and the prevalence of all types of pulmonary hypertension in total ranges from 30~50 cases per million. However， it is possible that the number is even higher because this number only takes into consideration those cases that have received a diagnosis.

    Galie教授:目前数据还很有限。我们有来自欧洲的两项注册研究的数据，分别是法国和苏格兰的注册研究。各种类型肺动脉高压的总体患病率为30~50/百万。不过，这仅仅考虑了确诊为肺动脉高压的患者，因此实际患病率可能更高。

    <International Circulation>:Could you discuss the latest classification of pulmonary hypertension? What is the basis and significance of the new classification?

   《国际循环》：肺动脉高压最新的诊断标准是什么？肺动脉高压是如何分型的？
 

    Prof.Galie:The recent updated classification is very useful because we now have six groups of clinical conditions and we have learned that the treatment of these six different groups is consistently different. Furthermore， diagnosis is a very important first step before treatment and we should not forget that diagnosis comes before treatment. An accurate diagnosis greatly improves treatment options.

    Galie教授:我认为最近更新的肺动脉高压分型非常有价值，目前肺动脉高压被分为六种临床情况，而这些不同情况的治疗有明显区别。诊断是开始治疗前至关重要的步骤。我们应当牢记这一点。正确诊断使医生能够更好地选择治疗方案。

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