Lessons from pulmonary hypertension registries
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a progressive, angio-obliterative disease leading to increased pulmonary vascular resistance, right heart failure, and death in ,25–60% of PAH patients 5 years after diagnosis [1–3]. The estimated prevalence of PAH is 15–50 cases per million adults [4–6] and 2–16 cases per million children [7–9]. In certain at-risk groups, however, the occurrence of PAH ...
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www.chestpubs.org in the treatment of the patient who is critically ill. Moreover, in these patients, since the resting oxygen demands cannot be met, blood fl ow will be reduced through low-extraction tissues, such as the liver and gut, to be rerouted to essential tissues such as the brain; in this situation, the IVC Sv o 2 will reliably show an early decrease, indicating tissue hypoxia. 3 The ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2174-2049
DOI: 10.1016/j.repce.2018.09.008