Definitions and diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension

MM Hoeper, HJ Bogaard, R Condliffe, R Frantz… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - jacc.org
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is defined by a mean pulmonary artery pressure≥ 25 mm Hg
at rest, measured during right heart catheterization. There is still insufficient evidence to add …

Pulmonary arterial hypertension: the clinical syndrome

YC Lai, KC Potoka, HC Champion, AL Mora… - Circulation …, 2014 - ahajournals.org
Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a progressive disorder in which endothelial dysfunction
and vascular remodeling obstruct small pulmonary arteries, resulting in increased …

Selective enhancement of endothelial BMPR-II with BMP9 reverses pulmonary arterial hypertension

L Long, ML Ormiston, X Yang, M Southwood, S Gräf… - Nature medicine, 2015 - nature.com
Genetic evidence implicates the loss of bone morphogenetic protein type II receptor (BMPR-
II) signaling in the endothelium as an initiating factor in pulmonary arterial hypertension …

Relevant issues in the pathology and pathobiology of pulmonary hypertension

RM Tuder, SL Archer, P Dorfmüller, SC Erzurum… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - jacc.org
Knowledge of the pathobiology of pulmonary hypertension (PH) continues to accelerate.
However, fundamental gaps remain in our understanding of the underlying pathological …

Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension: the Task Force for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension of the European …

N Galiè, MM Hoeper, M Humbert, A Torbicki… - European heart …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Thus, the task of writing Guidelines or Expert Consensus documents covers not only the
integration of the most recent research, but also the creation of educational tools and …

Updated clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension

G Simonneau, IM Robbins, M Beghetti… - Journal of the American …, 2009 - jacc.org
The aim of a clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension (PH) is to group together
different manifestations of disease sharing similarities in pathophysiologic mechanisms …

Advances in therapeutic interventions for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

M Humbert, EMT Lau, D Montani, X Jaïs, O Sitbon… - Circulation, 2014 - ahajournals.org
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a disease characterized by progressive
remodeling of the distal pulmonary arteries, resulting in the loss of vascular cross-sectional …

Pulmonary arterial hypertension

D Montani, S Günther, P Dorfmüller, F Perros… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2013 - Springer
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a chronic and progressive disease leading to right
heart failure and ultimately death if untreated. The first classification of PH was proposed in …

Cellular and molecular basis of pulmonary arterial hypertension

NW Morrell, S Adnot, SL Archer, J Dupuis… - Journal of the American …, 2009 - jacc.org
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is caused by functional and structural changes in the
pulmonary vasculature, leading to increased pulmonary vascular resistance. The process of …

TGF-β/TGF-β receptor system and its role in physiological and pathological conditions

JF Santibañez, M Quintanilla, C Bernabeu - Clinical science, 2011 - portlandpress.com
The TGF-β (transforming growth factor-β) system signals via protein kinase receptors and
Smad mediators to regulate a plethora of biological processes, including morphogenesis …