Challenges in Pulmonary Hypertension, An Issue of Heart Failure Clinics

1st Edition, Volume 19-1 - November 26, 2022
Editors: Alexander E. Sherman, Alberto M. Marra, Pietro Ameri
Language: English
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In this issue of Heart Failure Clinics, guest editors Drs. Alberto M. Marra, Pietro Ameri, and Alexander E. Sherman bring their considerable expertise to Challenges in Pulmonary Hypertension. Top experts in the field cover key topics such as gender aspects in pulmonary hypertension; PAH in connective tissue diseases beyond systemic sclerosis; genetic background of high altitude pulmonary edema; oxygen therapy in pulmonary vascular disease; and more.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Forthcoming Issues
Preface
Mildly Elevated Pulmonary Hypertension: Gray Zone or Already a Disease?
Key points
Introduction
Summary
Clinics care points
Sex- and Gender-Related Aspects in Pulmonary Hypertension
Key points
Introduction
Summary
Unusual Forms of Pulmonary Hypertension
Key points
Schistosomiasis
Sarcoidosis
Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
Pulmonary Langerhans’ cell histiocytosis
Sickle cell disease
Clinics care points
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Key points
Introduction
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Connective Tissue Diseases Beyond Systemic Sclerosis
Key points
Introduction
Epidemiology
Summary and future directions
Clinics care points
Struggling Between Liver Transplantation and Portopulmonary Hypertension
Key points
Introduction/history/definitions/background
Prevalence/incidence/pathogenesis
Clinical course
Therapeutic options
Surgical techniques
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Microscopic Examination of Clots from Percutaneous Mechanical Embolectomies in Pulmonary Embolism
Key points
Introduction
Methods
Results
Discussion
Summary
Clinics care points
Pregnancy and Pulmonary Hypertension: From Preconception and Risk Stratification Through Pregnancy and Postpartum
Key points
Introduction
Preconception counseling
Pregnancy outcomes
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Genetics of High-Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Key points
Introduction
Clues to genetic susceptibility
Sequencing of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in patients with high-altitude pulmonary edema
Genome-wide association studies in patients with high-altitude pulmonary edema
Larger scale sequencing approaches
Families with multigenerational high-altitude pulmonary edema
Animal models for high-altitude pulmonary edema
Future directions
Summary
Clinics care points
Disclosure
Use of Oral Anticoagulant Drugs in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension
Key points
Introduction
Definitions
Adverse outcomes in patients with pulmonary hypertension
Impact of oral anticoagulant on adverse outcomes in pulmonary hypertension patients
Choice of oral anticoagulant drugs
Guidelines recommendations
Summary
Clinics care points
Funding
Management of COVID-19 in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Key points
Introduction
Early evidence: could patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension have favorable outcomes during COVID-19 infection?
Further evidence
Management of SARS-CoV-2 infection in pulmonary arterial hypertension
Pulmonary arterial hypertension ambulatory treatment during the pandemic
Long-term complications of COVID-19 in relation to pulmonary vascular disease in patients without baseline pulmonary hypertension
Summary
Clinics care points
Funding
Authors’ contribution
Impact of Hormonal-Anabolic Deficiencies in Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Key points
Introduction
Material and methods
Results
Discussion
Summary
Limitations
Clinics care points
How to Treat Right Heart Failure. Tips for Clinicians in Everyday Practice
Key points
Introduction
Summary and future clinical perspectives
Clinics care points
Noncoding RNAs in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: Current Knowledge and Translational Perspectives
Key points
Background
MicroRNAs in pulmonary arterial hypertension
Long noncoding RNAs in pulmonary arterial hypertension
Translational perspectives
Summary
Disclosure

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