Abstract:
:Pulmonary hypertension (PH), increasingly recognized as a major health burden, remains underdiagnosed due mainly to the unspecific symptoms. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) has been extensively investigated. Pathophysiological knowledge derives mostly from experimental models. Paradoxically, common non-PAH PH forms remain largely unexplored. Drugs targeting lung vascular tonus became available during the last two decades, notwithstanding the disease progresses in many patients. The aim of this review is to summarize recent advances in epidemiology, pathophysiology and management with particular focus on associated myocardial and systemic compromise and experimental therapeutic possibilities. PAH, currently viewed as a panvasculopathy, is due to a crosstalk between endothelial and smooth muscle cells, inflammatory activation and altered subcellular pathways. Cardiac cachexia and right ventricular compromise are fundamental determinants of PH prognosis. Combined vasodilator therapy is already mainstay for refractory cases, but drugs directed at these new pathophysiological pathways may constitute a significant advance.
journal_name
Int J Cardioljournal_title
International journal of cardiologyauthors
Lourenço AP,Fontoura D,Henriques-Coelho T,Leite-Moreira AFdoi
10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.05.066subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-03-22 00:00:00pages
350-61issue
3eissn
0167-5273issn
1874-1754pii
S0167-5273(11)00479-7journal_volume
155pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type: 信件
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更新日期:2007-01-18 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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pub_type: 信件
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2005-03-10 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.05.007
更新日期:2006-04-04 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2013-09-30 00:00:00