作者
Marius M Hoeper, Joan Albert Barberà, Richard N Channick, Paul M Hassoun, Irene M Lang, Alessandra Manes, Fernando J Martinez, Robert Naeije, Horst Olschewski, Joanna Pepke-Zaba, Margaret M Redfield, Ivan M Robbins, Rogério Souza, Adam Torbicki, Michael McGoon
发表日期
2009/6/30
来源
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
卷号
54
期号
1_Supplement_S
页码范围
S85-S96
出版商
American College of Cardiology Foundation
简介
The 4th World Symposium on Pulmonary Hypertension was the first international meeting to focus not only on pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) but also on the so-called non-PAH forms of pulmonary hypertension (PH). The term “non-PAH PH” summarizes those forms of PH that are found in groups 2 to 5 of the current classification of PH, that is, those forms associated with left heart disease, chronic lung disease, recurrent venous thromboembolism, and other diseases. Many of these forms of PH are much more common than PAH, but all of them have been less well studied, especially in terms of medical therapy. The working group on non-PAH PH focused mainly on 4 conditions: chronic obstructive lung disease, interstitial lung disease, chronic thromboembolic PH, and left heart disease. The medical literature regarding the role of PH in these diseases was reviewed, and recommendations regarding …
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