Echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary hypertension: a guideline protocol from the British Society of Echocardiography. [PDF]
Pulmonary hypertension is defined as a mean arterial pressure of ≥25 mmHg as confirmed on right heart catheterisation. Traditionally, the pulmonary arterial systolic pressure has been estimated on echo by utilising the simplified Bernoulli equation from ...
Augustine, DX+20 more
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Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal transition (EndMT) is a process which encompasses extensive transcriptional reprogramming of activated endothelial cells leading to a shift towards mesenchymal cellular phenotypes and functional responses. Initially observed in
A. Gorelova, M. Berman, I. Al Ghouleh
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Endothelin receptor antagonists in a beagle model of pulmonary hypertension: Contribution to possible potential therapy? [PDF]
Objectives.This study investigated the pharmacologic effect of endothelin receptor antagonists on cardiopulmonary hemodynamic variables in a beagle model of pulmonary hypertension.Background.We recently developed a beagle model of pulmonary hypertension ...
Okada, Kenji+3 more
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Plasma proteome analysis in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: an observational cohort study [PDF]
BackgroundIdiopathic and heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension form a rare but molecularly heterogeneous disease group. We aimed to measure and validate differences in plasma concentrations of proteins that are associated with survival in patients ...
Abdul-Salam+29 more
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Caracterización clínica, funcional y hemodinámica de la población con hipertensión pulmonar arterial evaluada en el Instituto Nacional del Tórax [PDF]
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension is a rare, progressive and devastating disease with severe consequences in quality of life and survival. Aim: A clinical, functional and hemodynamic assessment of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension and ...
Parra R., Claudio+3 more
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ACVIM consensus statement guidelines for the diagnosis, classification, treatment, and monitoring of pulmonary hypertension in dogs. [PDF]
Pulmonary hypertension (PH), defined by increased pressure within the pulmonary vasculature, is a hemodynamic and pathophysiologic state present in a wide variety of cardiovascular, respiratory, and systemic diseases.
Abbott, Jonathan+9 more
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension: the burden of disease and impact on quality of life. [PDF]
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a debilitating disease that pervades all aspects of a patients daily life. It is also increasingly acknowledged that the burden of PAH extends to older patients and carers.
Delcroix, M, Howard, L
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Actualización en el diagnóstico y terapéutica en hipertensión pulmonar arterial [PDF]
Indexación: ScieloResumen: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension includes a heterogeneous group of disorders with a common genetic, pathological and hemodinamyc origin.
Uriarte G., Polentzi+2 more
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Pregnancy in pulmonary arterial hypertension [PDF]
Despite advanced therapies, maternal mortality in women with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains high in pregnancy and is especially high during the post-partum period. However, recent data indicates that morbidity and mortality during pregnancy and after birth have improved for PAH patients.
Karen M. Olsson, Richard N. Channick
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Obesity, estrogens and adipose tissue dysfunction – implications for pulmonary arterial hypertension
Obesity is a prevalent global public health issue characterized by excess body fat. Adipose tissue is now recognized as an important endocrine organ releasing an abundance of bioactive adipokines including, but not limited to, leptin, adiponectin and ...
K. Mair, R. Gaw, M. MacLean
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