TY - JOUR
T1 - Current Trends and Future Perspectives in the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
AU - Bhogal, Sukhdeep
AU - Mukherjee, Debabrata
AU - Banerjee, Subhash
AU - Tan, Walter
AU - Paul, Timir K.
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - Pulmonary hypertension continues to be a life-threatening illness with debilitating physical and emotional consequences affecting around 1% of global population. The progression of this devastating disease is characterized by increase in pulmonary vascular resistance resulting in elevated pulmonary pressure, eventually leading to right heart failure and death. Better understanding of pathophysiology has led to substantial improvements in terms of availability of treatment options. The purpose of this review is to summarize the currently available treatment options along with pertinent trials and possible future therapies of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
AB - Pulmonary hypertension continues to be a life-threatening illness with debilitating physical and emotional consequences affecting around 1% of global population. The progression of this devastating disease is characterized by increase in pulmonary vascular resistance resulting in elevated pulmonary pressure, eventually leading to right heart failure and death. Better understanding of pathophysiology has led to substantial improvements in terms of availability of treatment options. The purpose of this review is to summarize the currently available treatment options along with pertinent trials and possible future therapies of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2017.10.002
DO - 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2017.10.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 29174585
AN - SCOPUS:85034756887
VL - 43
SP - 191
EP - 216
JO - Current Problems in Cardiology
JF - Current Problems in Cardiology
SN - 0146-2806
IS - 5
ER -