Open AccessImproved Survival Among Patients With Eisenmenger Syndrome Receiving Advanced Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Author(s) -
Konstantinos Dimopoulos,
Ryo Inuzuka,
Sara Goletto,
George Giannakoulas,
Lorna Swan,
Stephen J. Wort,
Michael Α. Gatzoulis
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.109.883876
Subject(s) - medicine , eisenmenger syndrome , pulmonary hypertension , cardiology , intensive care medicine
Advanced therapy (AT) for pulmonary arterial hypertension in the context of congenital heart disease (Eisenmenger syndrome) improves pulmonary hemodynamics, functional class, and the 6-minute walk test. We examined the potential effect of AT on survival in this population.
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