{"title":"Pulmonary hypertension in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: current understanding, knowledge gaps and future directions.","authors":"William T Atchley, Teja Krishna Kakkera","doi":"10.1097/mcp.0000000000001041","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Despite the advent of effective and mechanistically diverse treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and their positive impacts on the functional capacities and outcomes for PAH patients, the much larger population of patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) in chronic lung diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (PH-COPD) remain without effective therapies.","PeriodicalId":11090,"journal":{"name":"Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine","volume":"120 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.8000,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/mcp.0000000000001041","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"RESPIRATORY SYSTEM","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Despite the advent of effective and mechanistically diverse treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and their positive impacts on the functional capacities and outcomes for PAH patients, the much larger population of patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) in chronic lung diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (PH-COPD) remain without effective therapies.
期刊介绍:
Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine is a highly regarded journal offering insightful editorials and on-the-mark invited reviews, covering key subjects such as asthma; cystic fibrosis; infectious diseases; diseases of the pleura; and sleep and respiratory neurobiology. Published bimonthly, each issue of Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine introduces world renowned guest editors and internationally recognized academics within the pulmonary field, delivering a widespread selection of expert assessments on the latest developments from the most recent literature.