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Editorial
. 2020 Aug 4;9(15):e017685.
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.017685. Epub 2020 Jul 31.

Clearing Our Vision for Discerning Precapillary From Postcapillary Pulmonary Hypertension With the OPTICS Risk Score

Marc A Simon  1   2   3 , Jean-Luc Vachiéry  4
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Editorial

Clearing Our Vision for Discerning Precapillary From Postcapillary Pulmonary Hypertension With the OPTICS Risk Score

Marc A Simon et al. J Am Heart Assoc. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Echocardiography; Editorials; heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; pulmonary hypertension; risk scores.

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr Simon receives research support from Aadi and Novartis and has received consulting fees from United Therapeutics, Actelion, Acceleron, and Complexa. Jean‐Luc Vachiéry is the holder of the Actelion Chair for research in pulmonary vascular diseases and has received consulting fees from Actelion, Bayer, Bial Portela, GlaxoSmithKline, Neuroderm, PhaseBio, Respira Therapeutics, and United Therapeutics.

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