O teste cardiopulmonar de exercício (TCPE) é um exame complementar que fornece importantes dados
sobre a real capacidade funcional e respostas do metabolismo, ventilação e trocas gasosas do paciente.
Deste modo, o TCPE permite classificar a aptidão cardiorrespiratória de um indivíduo e identificar...
INTRODUCCIÓN: Antecedentes: El presente dictamen expone la evaluación de tecnología de la eficacia y seguridad de Bosentan en pacientes con hipertensión pulmonar asociada a insuficiencia cardiaca avanzada, candidatos a trasplante cardiaco. Esta evaluación es específica para pacientes con insuficien...
Background: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare and progressive disease. Long-term survival remains poor despite of advances in specific vasodilator therapy. Aim: To describe the survival rate in a cohort of PAH patients in two referral centers in Chile. Patients and Methods: One hundred fift...
Abstract Background: Right-sided heart failure has high morbidity and mortality, and may be caused by pulmonary arterial hypertension. Fractal dimension is a differentiated and innovative method used in histological evaluations that allows the characterization of irregular and complex structures and the...
En pediatría, la enfermedad vascular pulmonar es multifactorial y heterogénea. Si bien comparte algunas características con la hipertensión pulmonar en los adultos, hay diferencias en las comorbilidades y condiciones asociadas, la coexistencia de enfermedades genéticas o del desarrollo. Las enfermed...
Budget impact analysis of the combination therapies bosentan + sildenafil, ambrisentan + tadalafil and iloprost + bosentan in patients diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension group 1 (idiopathic HAPG1-HAPI and associated-HAPA) functional class II, I
Introduction: The presence ofpulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients with pulmonary fibrosis is a predictor of severity andpoor survival in patients awaiting lung transplantation. Little is known about the impact of PH on survival after lung transplantation. Objective: To evaluate the effect of PH in pul...
CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE: P2 hyperphonesis is considered to be a valuable finding in semiological diagnoses of pulmonary hypertension (PH). The aim here was to evaluate the accuracy of the pulmonary component of second heart sounds for predicting PH in patients with interstitial lung disease. DESIGN AND S...
