Hello and welcome to the forum.
Straight to the point here and its good news: Based on the information provided to me your wife does NOT have pulmonary hypertension...case closed, end of story, dont let anyone tell you otherwise.
It is indeed a scary world out there. Echo in notoriously unreliable and should never be used to make the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension. The cath trumps everything and her pressures were as normal as they could possibly be.
I hope this provides you with some clarity as well as some relief that she does not have pulmonary hypertension.
Wishing you and your wife the best in health and happiness.
Best,
Dr. Rich
Dont even get me started on "exercise induced PH"...about as real as the tooth fairy :)
Good luck.
Dr. Rich
Dr. Rich,
Thank you so much for your quick response, as you can imagine knowing it is not PH is a great relief to us.
Based on her symptoms and echo results the pulmonologist seemed to think it might be something called exercise induced PH and that had us pretty scared.
I guess the next big dilemma is to determine what actually has been causing her symptoms and the SOB on exertion for the past 12 to 18 months.
Best Regards,
Carl