Pulmonology

Pulmonary Vascular Disease

Questions discussed in this category

Do you routinely use milrinone to augment RV function in patients with massive pulmonary emboli on vasoactive support?

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Do you prefer using end-expiratory or mean pulmonary artery wedge pressure obtained during diagnostic right heart catheterization for the classification of precapillary vs postcapillary PH?

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When do you consider Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty in patients with inoperable CTEPH?

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What patient characteristics would lead you to opt for triple therapy versus double therapy in newly diagnosed PAH?

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Do you consider extensive clot burden as a factor in determining whether patients with submassive PE may be appropriate for thrombolytic therapy?

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Do you consider the use of bevacizumab in patients with HHT who have high output cardiac failure related to liver AVMs who also have cerebral AVMs?

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Based on findings of the INCREASE trial, are you routinely prescribing inhaled treprostinil to patients with group 3 pulmonary hypertension secondary to interstitial lung disease?

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Papers discussed in this category

N Engl J Med, 2021 Jan 13

Inhaled Treprostinil in Pulmonary Hypertension Due to Interstitial Lung Disease.

Lancet Respir Med, 2021 Jun 29

Inhaled treprostinil and forced vital capacity in patients with interstitial lung disease and associated pulmonary hypertension: a post-hoc analysis of the INCREASE study.

Radiology, 2012-10

Short-term mortality in acute pulmonary embolism: clot burden and signs of right heart dysfunction at CT pulmonary angiography.

The New England journal of medicine, 2014-04-10

Fibrinolysis for patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism.

The American journal of cardiology, 2016-11-15

Relation Among Clot Burden, Right-Sided Heart Strain, and Adverse Events After Acute Pulmonary Embolism.

Eur Respir J, 2013 Oct 31

Measuring central pulmonary pressures during exercise in COPD: how to cope with respiratory effects.

Am J Respir Crit Care Med,

Reading pulmonary vascular pressure tracings. How to handle the problems of zero leveling and respiratory swings.

Circulation, 2001-01-02

Balloon pulmonary angioplasty for treatment of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

The European respiratory journal, 2019-05

French experience of balloon pulmonary angioplasty for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

Interv Cardiol Clin,

Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension.

Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes,

Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Results of a Multicenter Registry.

Eur Respir J, 2017 Jun 08

Balloon pulmonary angioplasty for inoperable patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: the initial German experience.

Ann Am Thorac Soc,

Pulmonary Endarterectomy. Patient Selection, Technical Challenges, and Outcomes.

J Am Coll Cardiol,

Three- Versus Two-Drug Therapy for Patients With Newly Diagnosed Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.

JAMA,

Bevacizumab in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia and severe hepatic vascular malformations and high cardiac output.

Ann Intern Med, 2020 Sep 08

Second International Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia.

Chest, 1997-01

Pharmacologic hemodynamic support in massive pulmonary embolism.

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