| Dear editor,
We read with great interest a recent study by Weisi Lai et al., published in the journal of Pulmonary Circulation.1 The authors concluded that pregnancy carried favorable outcomes in women with moderate pulmonary hypertension (PH), diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE).1 However, respectfully, we believe this conclusion might be misleading because of multiple reasons:
• Ignoring the underlying condition(s) leading to PH
• Using only TTE for diagnosis and staging of PH in pregnant women
• A wide patient inclusion time limit (2004–2016)
• Administering medications with potentially hazardous effects on mother or fetus during pregnancy |