Long-Term Response to Calcium Channel Blockers in Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

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Authors

Olivier Sitbon · Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris

Marc Humbert · Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris

Xavier Jaïs · Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris

Vincent Ioos · Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris

A. Hamid · Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris

Steeve Provencher · Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris

Gilles Garcia

Abstract

Long-term CCB responders represent <10% of IPAH patients evaluated in a pulmonary vascular referral center. During acute vasodilator testing, these patients showed significantly lower levels of both mean PAP and PVR, which reached near-normal values.

Topics & Keywords

Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy Heart Failure Treatment and Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Circulation

Volume 111, Issue 23, pp. 3105-3111

DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.104.488486

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