Mildly increased pulmonary arterial pressure: a new disease entity or just a marker of poor prognosis?

Eur J Heart Fail. 2019 Sep;21(9):1057-1061. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.1570. Epub 2019 Aug 13.

Authors

Gabor Kovacs^{1

2}, Philipp Douschan^{1

2}, Bradley A Maron³, Robin Condliffe⁴, Horst Olschewski^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
² Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research, Graz, Austria.
³ Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit, Sheffield, UK.

PMID: 31407852
DOI: 10.1002/ejhf.1570

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Heart Failure / physiopathology*
Hemodynamics
Humans
Prognosis
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension / diagnosis
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension / physiopathology
Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / physiopathology*
Pulmonary Fibrosis / physiopathology*
Pulmonary Wedge Pressure / physiology*
Vascular Remodeling / physiology
Vascular Resistance / physiology*