Assessing Response to Therapy in Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Consensus Survey of Canadian Pulmonary Hypertension Physicians

Adrienne E Borrie; David N Ostrow; Robert D Levy; John R Swiston

doi:10.1155/2011/510874

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 2011)

Assessing Response to Therapy in Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Consensus Survey of Canadian Pulmonary Hypertension Physicians

Adrienne E Borrie,
David N Ostrow,
Robert D Levy,
John R Swiston

Affiliations

Adrienne E Borrie: Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
David N Ostrow: Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Robert D Levy: Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
John R Swiston: Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/510874
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18, no. 4
pp. 230 – 234

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Many treatment options are now available for patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH). Data regarding the optimal combination of therapies are lacking, as is consensus on how to assess response to therapy and when to change therapeutic regimens.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crj/

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