Novel concepts in the pathobiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension;Neue konzepte in der pathogenese der pulmonal arteriellen hypertonie

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 133, Issue 40 SUPPL. 6, 2008, Pages

  Rosenkranz, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pathobiology; Platelet derived growth factor (PDGF); Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH); Tyrosine kinase; Vascular remodeling

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROSTACYCLIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; SEROTONIN; SILDENAFIL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNIPROST; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLLAGEN DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPOXIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCLERODERMA; THROMBOSIS;

ANIMALS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 53849119900     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1091229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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