Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is characterized by elevated pulmonary arterial pressure
caused by a broad spectrum of congenital and acquired disease processes, which are …

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is defined as resting mean pulmonary artery pressure≥ 25
mmHg and is caused by multiple etiologies including heart, lung or other systemic diseases …

Background Pulmonary hypertension (PH) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) is suggested as the consequence of emphysematous destruction of vascular bed …

The Critical Care Medicine Department of the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
and the Pulmonary Hypertension Association held a joint symposium to discuss “Challenges …

Noninvasive imaging has a well-recognized role in the diagnosis and management of
patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). 1 In particular, echocardiography established …

Background Pulmonary pulse wave velocity (PWV) allows the non-invasive measurement of
pulmonary arterial stiffening, but has not previously been assessed in COPD. The aim of the …

Introduction: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a challenging condition to diagnose and treat.
Over the last two decades, there have been significant advances in therapeutic approaches …

Purpose Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and particularly emphysema are
characterized by stiffness of the aorta, due in part to accelerated elastin degradation in the …

Background The place of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the assessment of
pulmonary hypertension (PH) remains controversial. Several studies proposed to use MRI to …

高原性肺动脉高压为高原地区特有的疾病, 其发病率, 死亡率在世居人群及长期移居高原人群中
均较高, 高原性肺动脉高压如果不给予有效控制, 将发展成慢性高原病, 进而导致右心衰竭最终 …