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SUBMITTER: Al-Naamani N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4722842 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Al-Naamani Nadine N Palevsky Harold I HI Lederer David J DJ Horn Evelyn M EM Mathai Stephen C SC Roberts Kari E KE Tracy Russell P RP Hassoun Paul M PM Girgis Reda E RE Shimbo Daichi D Post Wendy S WS Kawut Steven M SM
Annals of the American Thoracic Society 20160101 1
<h4>Rationale</h4>Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare progressive disease of the pulmonary vasculature that is characterized by endothelial dysfunction, inflammation, and right ventricular dysfunction.<h4>Objectives</h4>The main objective was to determine whether endothelial, inflammatory, and cardiac biomarkers would be associated with the World Health Organization functional assessment and survival in patients with PAH.<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a retrospective cohort study of pa ...[more]