Pulmonary Hypertension
High-altitude pulmonary hypertension
... igh-altitude pulmonary hypertension (HAPH) due to chronic exposure to high altitude is a designated subset of pulmon- ary hypertension (PH) according to the third clinical classification of PH, which ...
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Inflammatory cytokines in pulmonary hypertension
... of pulmonary hypertension are not fully ...of pulmonary hypertension (Nice, 2013)’ [1] a common pathway resulting from a combination of gen- etic susceptibility and environmental factors seems ...
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Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension
... WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS: Letairis REMS Program: For all females, Letairis is available only through a restricted program called the Letairis REMS, because of risk of embryo-fetal toxicity [see Contraindications, ...
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Balloon pulmonary angioplasty in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
... with pulmonary hypertension, including CTEPH, should be evaluated and managed in a centre with specialist expertise and facilities [1], including a CTEPH team ...persistent/recurrent pulmonary ...
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Development and validation of the living with pulmonary hypertension questionnaire in pulmonary arterial hypertension patients
... Such debilitating symptoms result in substantial impair- ments in patients’ Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) [6]. In particular, PAH results in significant impairment in physical functioning, ability to perform ...
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Pulmonary Hypertension in Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Granulomatosis
... Introduction. Pulmonary Langerhans cell granulomatosis is a rare disease with a variable ...In pulmonary Langerhans cell granulomatosis pulmonary hypertension is frequent and has an ...
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Pulmonary endarterectomy in the management of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
... The algorithm includes patients who are “ technically operable ” , but have a “ nonacceptable risk:benefit ratio ” . It is not practicable to give a single definition of this population because the risk:benefit ratio ...
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Anxiety and depression disorders in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
... Only a few studies have assessed the effects of treatment of depression or anxiety in patients with pulmonary hypertension. Patients treated with epoprostenol had a lower rate of depression and anxiety ...
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Pulmonary hypertension associated with COPD
... of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is not known precisely, approximately 10%–30% of patients with moderate to severe COPD have elevated ...
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Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
... Primary Pulmonary Hypertension CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION Primary Pulmonary Hypertension 2dI 11111 ARM Fauzi, MRCP, Kulliyah of Medicine, IIUM, Kuantan Introduction Primary pulmonary hypertension is[.] ...
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Contemporary issues in pulmonary hypertension
... in pulmonary arterial hypertension ...ary hypertension’’ [3] aimed at grouping together different PH manifestations with similar pathophysiological mechanisms, clinical presentation and therapeutic ...
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Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn
... in pulmonary transition at birth. Pulmonary endothelial nitric oxide (NO) produc- tion increases markedly at the time of ...a pulmonary vasodilator during fetal life and a potential stimulus for ...
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Prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in COPD
... obstructive pulmonary disease is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in adults all over the ...world. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a severe disorder defined by a mean pulmonary artery ...
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Acute decompensated pulmonary hypertension
... precapillary pulmonary hypertension is one of successive stages, the characteristics of which are mainly related to right ventricular function (figure ...progressive pulmonary vascular remodelling. ...
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Pulmonary hypertension associated with sarcoidosis
... advanced pulmonary disease, especially end-stage pulmonary fibrosis, risk developing pulmonary hypertension (World Health Organization group III pulmonary hypertension secondary ...
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Treatment of pediatric pulmonary hypertension
... Abstract: Pulmonary hypertension was once thought to be a rare condition and only managed in specialized ...behind pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary vascular disease is ...
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Tumoral pulmonary hypertension
... Tumoral pulmonary hypertension (PH) comprises a variety of subtypes in patients with a current or previous ...tumour-related pulmonary microvascular conditions pulmonary tumour microembolism ...
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The pathophysiology of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
... thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a rare, progressive pulmonary vascular disease that is usually a consequence of prior acute pulmonary ...middle-sized pulmonary arteries ...
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The vascular bed in COPD: pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary vascular alterations
... of pulmonary hypertension, the exposure to hypoxic conditions causes media thickening and muscularisation of nonmuscularised arteries with hyperproliferative smooth muscle cells (SMCs), resulting in ...
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Pulmonary capillary pressure in pulmonary hypertension
... It is likely that none of the proposed sampling times derived from experimental studies is valid for studies in humans, which are mainly conducted in the setting of pulmonary arterial hyper- tension. Because of ...
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