Annual Congress Berlin 2008

Saturday, 04.10.2008
Sunday, 05.10.2008
Monday, 06.10.2008
Tuesday, 07.10.2008
Wednesday, 08.10.2008

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, abstract number.


Material from 2008:
  • 3952 Abstracts
  • 658 Slide presentations
  • 316 Webcasts
  • 96 Handouts
  • 1824 e-posters
  • 316 Multimedia files
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension and other pulmonary vascular diseases

E-Communication Session
Chairs: M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium), H. Olschewski (Graz, Austria)
Results of a 12-week outpatient cardiovascular rehabilitation in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (iPAH)
K. Boutet, G. Garcia, B. Degano, M. Gonzalves-Tavares, C. Tcherakian, X. Jaïs, M. Humbert, P. Escourrou, G. Simonneau, O. Sitbon (Clamart, France)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Non-invasive hemodynamic assessment in patients with pulmonary hypertension
S. Desole, C. Seemann, P. Heininger, R. Hiemetzberger, S. Mueller, C. M. Kaehler (Innsbruck, Austria)
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The REVEAL registry: a tool for the evaluation of PAH disease management
R. Barst, M. McGoon, R. Benza, D. Badesch, S. Giles, K. Feldkircher, D. Miller (New York, NY, Rochester, MN, Birmingham, AL, Denver, CO, South San Francisco, CA, San Francisco, CA, United States Of America)
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Clinical characteristics of pulmonary arterial hypertension in Ireland: results of a national register
D. O‘Callaghan, S. Doherty, S. Gaine (Dublin, Ireland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Incidence of pulmonary arterial hypertension related to systemic sclerosis: a 3-year nationwide longitudinal study
M. Humbert, P. de Groote, V. Gressin, J. Sibilia, E. Diot, P. Carpentier, L. Mouthon, P. Y. Hatron, P. Jego, Y. Allanore, K. P. Tiev, C. Agard, A. Cosnes, D. Cirstea, J. Constans, D. Farge, J. F. Viallard, J. R. Harle, P. Clerson, E. Hachulla (Clamart, Pa
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Ambrisentan therapy for patients with PAH associated with connective tissue disease (PAH-CTD): one year follow-up
N. Galie, D. Richards, T. Hutchinson, C. Dufton, On Behalf of the ARIES Study Group (Bologna, Italy; Harlow, Essex, United Kingdom; Westminster, CO, United States Of America)
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Pulmonary pressure at rest and during slight exercise might have prognostic relevance in patients at risk for pulmonary arterial hypertension
G. Kovacs, R. Maier, S. Scheidl, C. Hesse, E. Aberer, M. Brodmann, W. Salmhofer, W. Graninger, E. Gruenig, H. Olschewski (Graz, Austria; Heidelberg, Germany)
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NT-proBNP correlation with disease severity in PAH-SSc versus IPAH
S. Mathai, H. Champion, A. Zaiman, R. Girgis, P. Hassoun (Baltimore, MD, United States Of America)
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Cardiopulmonary exercise testing, six minute walk and hemodynamics in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)
J. Klemm, H. Wilkens, C. Frantz, T. Kramm, G. W. Sybrecht (Homburg, Merzig, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Pulmonary artery distensibility correlates with functional response to sildenafil in distal chronic thrombo-embolic pulmonary hypertension
M. Toshner, J. Suntharalingam, E. Soon, N. Screaton, D. Gopalan, J. Pepke-Zaba (Cambridgeshire, Bath, United Kingdom)
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Prognostic factors in non-surgical chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
R. Condliffe, D. G. Kiely, J. S. R. Gibbs, P. A. Corris, A. J. Peacock, D. P. Jenkins, K. Goldsmith, J. G. Coghlan, J. Pepke-Zaba (Cambridge, Sheffield, London, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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Haemodynamic correlation and prognostic value of ventricular mass index (VMI) in non-surgically treated chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)
R. Condliffe, N. Woodhouse, C. A. Elliot, J. Wild, D. Hagger, I. J. Armstrong, C. Davies, C. Hill, D. G. Kiely (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
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C-reactive protein and platelet-activating factor-acetylhydrolase activity: new predictors of outcome in pulmonary hypertension
R. Quarck, T. Nawrot, E. Ninio, B. Meyns, D. Van Raemdonck, E. Verbeken, M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium; Paris, France)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Pleural effusions induced by right heart failure in patients with idiopathic and familial pulmonary arterial hypertension
K. J. Tang, I. M. Robbins, R. W. Light, C. M. Xie (Guangzhou/Guangdong, China; Nashville, TN, United States Of America)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Assessment of satisfaction in patients with pulmonary hypertension treated with epoprostenol
E. Vandevelde, V. Vanloo, E. Smeyers, V. De Broyer, C. Vanaken, M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium; Battambang District, Cambodia)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Endothelin and high altitude pulmonary hypertension
B. Kojonazarov, J. Isakova, M. Kochkorova, A. Maripov, T. Sooronbaev, M. Mirrakhimov, N. Morrell, M. Wilkins, A. Aldashev (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Cambridge, London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Pulmonary distension restrains pulmonary blood flow during exercise in COPD patients
L. Bertoletti, J. M. Vergnon, F. Costes (Saint-Etienne, France)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Circulating endothelial progenitor cells in patients with Eisenmenger syndrome and idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
S. van Eijl, G. P. Diller, D. O. Okonko, L. S. Howard, O. Ali, T. Thum, S. J. Wort, E. Bédard, J. S. R. Gibbs, J. Bauersachs, A. J. Hobbs, M. R. Wilkins, M. A. Gatzoulis, J. Wharton (London, United Kingdom; Würzburg, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Pregnancy and pulmonary arteriovenous malformations
C. Shovlin, C. Mordin, J. Jackson, J. M. B. Hughes, M. Sheppard (London, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Transcatheter embolization of pulmonary arterio-venous malformations (PAVMs) – does a successful occlusion last for ever?
O. Almås, A. Naalsund, P. Giæver, G. Hafsahl, R. Andersen, E. Dorenberg (Oslo, Norway)
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