Open AccessCardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Reveals Onset of Disease and Response to Treatment in a Case of Heritable Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Author(s) -
Trip Pia,
VonkNoordegraaf Anton,
Bogaard Harm Jan
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
pulmonary circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.791
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 2045-8940
DOI - 10.4103/2045-8932.101658
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary hypertension , disease , cardiology , pulmonary disease
Patients affected by pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) show a typical pattern of abnormalities on cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET). However, CPET is not routinely used as a screening method. We discuss a patient with hereditary PAH in whom CPET revealed onset of disease. Furthermore, we show that the abnormalities observed can improve in part by PAH‐specific treatment.