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SUBMITTER: Nickel NP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6557031 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr-Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pulmonary circulation 20190401 2
Low-grade albuminuria, determined by the urinary albumin to creatinine ratio, has been linked to systemic vascular dysfunction and is associated with cardiovascular mortality. Pulmonary arterial hypertension is related to mutations in the bone morphogenetic protein receptor type 2, pulmonary vascular dysfunction and is increasingly recognized as a systemic disease. In a total of 283 patients (two independent cohorts) diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension, 18 unaffected BMPR2 mutation ca ...[more]