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Effects of Exercise and Vasodilators on Cerebral Tissue Oxygenation in Pulmonary Hypertension
Arterial and thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (PH) lead to arterial hypoxaemia.
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Long-term Effect of Vasodilator Therapy in Pulmonary Hypertension due to COPD: A Retrospective Analysis
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) due to COPD has dismal prognosis. We reviewed the long-term effect of PH-target therapy in severe PH-COPD.
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Open AccessExperience with exercise right heart catheterization in the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension: a retrospective study
Data on exercise pulmonary hemodynamics in healthy people and patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) are rare. We analyzed exercise right heart catheterization (RHC) data in a symptomatic collective referre...
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Open AccessInflammatory cytokines in pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension is an “umbrella term” used for a spectrum of entities resulting in an elevation of the pulmonary arterial pressure. Clinical symptoms include dyspnea and fatigue which in the absence of ...
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Open AccessWeaning from intravenous prostanoids and normalization of hemodynamics by long-term imatinib therapy in severe idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Introduction Despite new treatment options targeted at its three main pathogenic pathways, prognosis of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension has remained dismal, with 3-year survival rates ...
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Open AccessReference values for the 6-minute walk test in healthy children and adolescents in Switzerland
The six-minute walk test (6MWT) is a simple, low tech, safe and well established, self-paced assessment tool to quantify functional exercise capacity in adults. The definition of normal 6MWT in children is esp...
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Open AccessThe German adaptation of the Cambridge pulmonary hypertension outcome review (CAMPHOR)
Individuals with precapillary pulmonary hypertension (PH) experience severely impaired quality of life. A disease-specific outcome measure for PH, the Cambridge Pulmonary Hypertension Outcome Review (CAMPHOR) ...
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Open AccessA low resting heart rate at diagnosis predicts favourable long-term outcome in pulmonary arterial and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. A prospective observational study
A low resting heart rate (HR) is prognostically favourable in healthy individuals and in patients with left heart disease. In this study we investigated the impact of HR at diagnosis on long-term outcome in pa...
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Open AccessPulmonary hypertension in patients with Martorell hypertensive leg ulcer: a case control study
Martorell hypertensive ischemic leg ulcer (Martorell ulcer) is characterized by distinct alterations in the arteriolar wall of subcutaneous vessels, leading to progressive narrowing of the vascular lumen and i...
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Open AccessExtensive chronic xanthogranulomatous intra-abdominal inflammation due to Mycoplasma hominis mimicking a malignancy: a case report
While infectious peritonitis is a common occurrence in patients with liver cirrhosis, Mycoplasma is rarely identified as a causative agent.
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Open AccessSuccessful pregnancy in pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with systemic lupus erythematosus: a case report
Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a complication of systemic lupus erythematosus. Mortality in pregnant patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension related to connective tissue disease is as high as 56%. Th...
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Open AccessPeripheral blood B lymphocytes derived from patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension express a different RNA pattern compared with healthy controls: a cross sectional study
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) is a progressive and still incurable disease. Research of IPAH-pathogenesis is complicated by the lack of a direct access to the involved tissue, the human pul...
