| Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: New Management Options. | |
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PMID: 15496262 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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The past decade has realized remarkable advances in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a progressive and potentially fatal disease. A small proportion of patients will have a dramatic hemodynamic response to acute vasodilator testing performed at the time of right heart catheterization and may be candidates for calcium channel blocker therapy. The vast majority of patients with PAH will not benefit from calcium channel blockers and should be treated with one of the three US Food and Drug Administration-approved therapies for PAH; bosentan, treprostinil, or epoprostenol. Because of the ease of administration relative to other therapies, the majority of patients with functional class III symptoms should be treated with the oral nonselective endothelin antagonist bosentan. Randomized controlled trials with treprostinil have demonstrated improvements in exercise endurance and hemodynamics. Patients who are critically ill, with functional class IV symptoms, should be started on epoprostenol because it is the most rapidly effective therapy. Intravenous epoprostenol improves exercise endurance, quality of life, hemodynamics, and survival in PAH. Investigational therapies on the horizon include phosphodiesterase inhibitors, prostacyclin analogues with alternative delivery routes (eg, inhaled, oral), and selective endothelin A receptor antagonists. The future of PAH therapy will likely include combinations of these therapies based on the multiple mechanisms of action. |
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Mark D Huffman; Vallerie V McLaughlin |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE |
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Title: Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine Volume: 6 ISSN: 1534-3189 ISO Abbreviation: Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med Publication Date: 2004 12 |
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Created Date: 2004-10-21 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9815942 Medline TA: Curr Treat Options Cardiovasc Med Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 451-458 Citation Subset: - |
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University of Michigan Medical Center, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, L3119 Women’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0273, USA. vmclaugh@umich.edu. |
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