Severe Pulmonary Hypertension
Acute vasoreactivity test results in severe pulmonary hypertension patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: our experience with 29 cases
... in severe pulmonary hypertension patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, none of the variables under investigation displayed a noteworthy difference between AVT negative and ...
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An Elderly Lady with Fever of Unknown Etiology and Severe Pulmonary Hypertension: Intravascular Lymphoma—An Elusive Diagnosis
... cited. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) associated with malignancy, especially adenocarcinoma, is a well-known entity and is included in group V of the WHO ...with severe pulmonary ...
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A study to analyse preoperative and postoperative severe pulmonary hypertension following Mitral Valve Replacement for Mitral Valvular Heart Disease.
... on Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension was convened in Venice to modify the classification based on new understandings of disease ...systemic-to Pulmonary shunts was ...
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Treatment of Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in the Setting of the Large Patent Ductus Arteriosus
... with a change in the directionality of ductal fl ow. We postulate that reverse remodeling in the PA vascular bed was the mechanism driving the change in the fl ow between the systemic and pulmonary vasculature. ...
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Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease: A Newly Recognized Cause of Severe Pulmonary Hypertension in Dogs
... The venous remodeling in canine PVOD (11/11 dogs) mostly affected post- capillary venules and small (up to approximately 300 µm) intra-parenchymal veins. Not all pulmonary veins and venules examined were affected; ...
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Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease as a cause of severe pulmonary hypertension in a dog
... of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in ...the pulmonary venules and leads to a progressive increase in pulmo- nary vascular resistance, right heart failure and death ...of pulmonary arterial ...
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Estrogen exposure, obesity and thyroid disease in women with severe pulmonary hypertension
... hypertension than in preceding decades [32]. Overall, severe PAH is a group of rare diseases, either idio- pathic or associated with known causes. Whereas progress has been made to elucidate the gene muta- ...
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RhoA/Rho-kinase signaling: a therapeutic target in pulmonary hypertension
... treating pulmonary hypertension is identifying effective therapeutic agents that selectively target the pulmonary vasculature with minimal side ...of pulmonary vascular function and animal ...
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BRISKET DISEASE III SPONTANEOUS REMISSION OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION AND RECOVERY FROM HEART FAILURE
... Results of this study have demonstrated spontaneous remission of: 1 all clinical manifestations of the disease, 2 severe pulmonary hypertension mean pulmonary artery pressure decreased f[r] ...
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Midventricular Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy during Pregnancy Complicated by Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Report
... showed severe pulmonary hypertension, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy with a very hypertrophic left ventricle with normal internal dimension and global systolic ...function. Pulmonary ...
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Coexistence of Sarcoidosis and Tuberculosis Presenting with Severe Pulmonary Artery Hypertension: A Clinical Dilemma
... of pulmonary sarcoidosis was reported wherein the patient presented with symptoms of fever and dry cough, investigations showed anaemia and leucocytosis, started on anti- tubercular drugs but subsequently a ...
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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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Impact of pulmonary hypertension on outcome in patients with moderate or severe tricuspid regurgitation
... Results During follow-up there were 123 (59%) deaths with no difference in mortality between moderate and severe TR (p=0.456). The death rates were 93 (67%) in patients with PH versus 30 (42%) without PH ...
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Autonomic nervous system involvement in pulmonary arterial hypertension
... Abstract: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a chronic pulmonary vascular disease characterized by increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) leading to right ventricular (RV) ...
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Inhaled iloprost for the control of pulmonary hypertension
... of pulmonary pressure with the consequence of acute right heart insufficiency and ...of pulmonary embolism, NYHA functional class II, high-risk surgery, and duration of anesthesia 3 ...
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Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in Premature Neonates With Severe Respiratory Distress Syndrome
... were no significant differences in mean aortopulmo- nary pressure difference, left pulmonary artery flow velocity, ductal closure rate, and mean airway pres-. sure values between neonate[r] ...
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Healthcare utilization, medical expenditure, and mortality in Korean patients with pulmonary hypertension
... lower hemoglobin level, renal dysfunction and the sever- ity of PH, whereas traditional coronary risk factors and LV function parameters were not associated with mor- tality risk. It has been suggested that the major ...
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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation and Conventional Medical Therapy in Neonates With Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn: A Prospective Randomized Study
... that ECMO reduces mortality in newborn infants with severe persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn. The study was undertaken in 1985 because of the paucity of randomized clinica[r] ...
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Management of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension
... with severe, WHO FC IV disease is dismal, with rapid progress to end-stage disease and death in the absence of ...Therefore, severe PAH clearly requires rapid and aggressive treatment in order to achieve ...
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Tumoral pulmonary hypertension
... Investigations in a patient with new-onset PH and suspected PTE/PTTM should include screening for undiagnosed malignancy. This may involve a full clinical assessment similar to the assessment of unprovoked ...
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