Lower than expected pulsatile pulmonary arterial load in a thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension model

Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first documentation of a PH state where the mPAP-corrected indices of pulsatile arterial load (sPAP, PAPp) were lower than expected. The young age of the animals, the short-term nature of our analysis, or some specific features of the thromboembolic PH model may be involved.

Source: European Respiratory Journal - November 19, 2018 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Boulate, D., Chemla, D., Loisel, F., Coblence, M., Provost, B., Decante, B., Herve, P., Fadel, E., Mercier, O. Tags: Pulmonary hypertension Source Type: research