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Abstract
Topics Series Pulmonary circulation and lung injury
The progress of diagnosis and therapy in pulmonary hypertension due to interstitial pneumonia
Yasunori Ichimura Nobuhiro Tanabe Koichiro Tatsumi
Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
ABSTRACT
The pulmonary hypertension resulting from interstitial pneumonia is limited to a minor-to-medium-degree increase of pulmonary arterial pressure. It is, however, related to exercise tolerance, degraded QOL, and increased fatality, and it is important from clinical and prognostic prediction perspectives. In recent years, the knowledge of vasodilator drugs has been accumulated, and some reports indicate their efficacies. In the medical practice of interstitial pneumonia, it is important to suspect the coexistence of pulmonary hypertension and to correspond individually to each case.
KEYWORDS
Interstitial pneumonia Pulmonary hypertension Out of proportion Ventilation-perfusion mismatch
AJRS, 3(4): 492-497, 2014
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