Tag: pulmonary hypertension

Pulmonary hypertension is caused by a heterogenous group of disorders with diverse pathophysiological mechanisms, with ultimate structural changes in the pulmonary vascular bed. Platelet activation plays an important role in the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension, while it is unknown whether it contributes to pathogenesis in other conditions. We aimed to investigate platelet activation in different causes of pulmonary hypertension by means of mean platelet volume measurement. 

Background: Pulmonary arterial hypertension is of importance in congenital cardiac surgery as being a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Although therapy options are limited, inhaled nitric oxide (NO) is used as a standard therapy. The present study aimed to compare inhaled NO and aerosolized iloprost in children with secondary pulmonary hypertension who underwent congenital cardiac surgery...

Żylna choroba zakrzepowo-zatorowa (ŻCHZZ) mimo coraz szerzej stosowanej profilaktyki pierwotnej stanowi nadal poważny problem epidemiologiczny, kliniczny i społeczny, a jej groźne powikłania, do których należą nadciśnienie płucne zakrzepowo-zatorowe oraz zespół pozakrzepowy wiążą się ze znacznym obniżeniem jakości życia i często prowadzą do inwalidztwa [1]...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), despite increasingly used primary prevention is still a serious epidemiological, clinical, and social problem and its serious complications like pulmonary thromboembolic hypertension and posthrombotic syndrome are associated with a significant reduction in quality of life and often lead to disability [1]...