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Preliminary reports suggest there has been a marked reduction in the number of patients
presenting with acute ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) during the …

Purpose Osteonecrosis of femoral head remains a major complication of femoral neck
fractures. It has been postulated that early internal fixation drastically reduces the incidence of …

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a general term comprising a spectrum of pulmonary
hypertensive disorders which have in common an elevation of mean pulmonary arterial pressure (…

Objectives SSc-pulmonary arterial hypertension (SSc-PAH) is associated with worse
response to therapy and survival when compared with idiopathic PAH. It is suggested that the …

Key points • Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) is a mechanism by which pulmonary
arteries maintain blood oxygenation during alveolar hypoxia. • HPV is generally studied …

… Schreiber MA, MRCP (Consultant in Pulmonary Hypertension and Rheumatology) ,
Michelle J. Connolly BSc, MBBS, AKC, PhD (Academic SHO in Pulmonary Hypertension) 1 , …

Application of H 2 S (“sulfide”) elicits a complex contraction in rat pulmonary arteries (PAs)
comprising a small transient contraction (phase 1; Ph1) followed by relaxation and then a …

During alveolar hypoxia, hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction (HPV) maintains blood
oxygenation near optimum via incompletely defined mechanisms. It is proposed that a hypoxia-…

Dyspnoea on exertion, impaired exercise tolerance, and fatigue are most often due to common
cardiac and pulmonary diseases such as heart failure or COPD, but may be also due to …