Reverse remodeling of pulmonary arteries by high-dose prostaglandin I 2 therapy: A case report

Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) is characterized by pulmonary vascular remodeling. We have reported that high-dose prostaglandin I (PGI ) therapy markedly improved hemodynamics in IPAH patients and that PGI induced apoptosis of pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells obtained from IPA...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of cardiology cases 2014-05, Vol.9 (5), p.173
Hauptverfasser: Akagi, Satoshi, Nakamura, Kazufumi, Matsubara, Hiromi, Ohta-Ogo, Keiko, Yutani, Chikao, Miyaji, Katsumasa, Ogawa, Aiko, Kusano, Kengo, Oto, Takahiro, Ishibashi-Ueda, Hatsue, Ito, Hiroshi
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