A. Peacock (Glasgow, United Kingdom), M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium)
Serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) are elevated in patients with acute exacerbated COPD A. Valipour, M. Schreder, M. Wolzt, S. Kapiotis, O. C. Burghuber (Vienna, Austria)
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Assessment of atrial arrhythmogenic risk factors with body surface potential mapping in COPD patients M. Sobieszczanska, M. Krasnowska, D. Kalka, A. Bielous-Wilk, R. Dobek, L. Rusiecki (Wrocaw, Poland)
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Effects on systemic and pulmonary circulation and gas exchange of inhaled L-NAME in hepatopulmonary syndrome F. P. Gómez, E. Polverino, F. Burgos, C. Gistau, J. A. Barberà, J. Roca, R. Rodriguez-Roisin (Barcelona, Spain)
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Usefulness of differential blood gas exchange assessment in patients with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) associated to congenital heart disease (CHD) M. L. Martinez Guerra, E. G. Bautista, T. Pulido, G. Rojas, H. D. Mendoza, L. E. Santos Martinez, J. Sandoval (Mexico City, Mexico)
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Prediction (indirect determination) of pulmonary artery pressure by transcutaneous echo-Doppler I. Blanco, P. Casan, J. Belda (Barcelona, Spain)
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Measurement of stroke volume change due to exercise by acetylene uptake and MRI in PAH patients and healthy controls H. Groepenhoff, S. Holverda, J. T. Marcus, A. Boonstra, P. E. Postmus, A. Vonk-Noordegraaf (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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S/L polymorphism of serotonin transporter gene and development of high altitude pulmonary hypertension in Kyrgyz highlanders O. A. Pak, J. T. Isakova, E. U. Usupova, B. K. Kojonazarov, M. M. Mirrakhimov, N. W. Morrell, M. R. Wilkins, A. A. Aldashev (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Cambridge, London, United Kingdom)
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Estrogen receptor alpha gene polymorphisms and primary pulmonary hypertension A. Rokach, R. Dresner Pollak, A. Pollak, M. Kramer, N. Berkman (Jerusalem, Petach-Tikvah, Israel)
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Clinical presentation, hemodynamical characteristics and survival of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension carrying or not a BMPR2 mutation B. Sztrymf, A. Yaici, O. Sitbon, G. Simonneau, M. Humbert (Clamart, France)
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Measurement of haplotype analysis of ACE gene and the development of high altitude pulmonary hypertension in Kyrgyz highlanders O. A. Pak, J. T. Isakova, E. U. Usupova, B. K. Kojonazarov, M. M. Mirrakhimov, N. W. Morrell, M. R. Wilkins, A. A. Aldashev (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; Cambridge, London, United Kingdom)
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Role of prostaglandins, nitric oxide and potassium channel in the blunting of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in the high altitude adaptive animal – Pika T. Wang, Z. X. Zhang (Wuhan, China)
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²Classical vasodilators² inhibit the recruitment of polymorphonuclear leukocytes in vitro D. Colleselli, F. Albrecht, B. A. Mosheimer, C. M. Kähler (Innsbruck, Austria)
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Effect of dexfenfluramine on the development of pulmonary hypertension in mice over-expressing the serotonin transporter Y. Dempsie, I. Morecroft, M. Nilsen, L. Loughlin, M. R. MacLean (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
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Chronic hypoxia alters the phosphorylation of phospholamban in mouse hearts K. O. Larsen, B. Lygren, I. Sjaastad, O. H. Skjonsberg, K. Tasken, G. Christensen (Oslo, Norway)
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Inhaled iloprost reverses chronic experimental pulmonary hypertension R. T. Schermuly, H. Yilmaz, H. A. Ghofrani, S. Pullamsetti, A. Schulz, N. Weissmann, F. Grimminger, W. Seeger (Giessen, Berlin, Germany)
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Anti-proliferating effect of iptakalim, a novel KATP channel opener, in cultured rabbit pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells W. Xie, H. Wang, X. Zhang (Nanjing, China)
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Reactivity of microvessels in patients with bronchial asthma E. J. Vasina, M. A. Menshutina, V. I. Trofimov, D. G. Chinchaladze, N. N. Petrishchev (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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The vasomotor form of endothelial dysfunction in patients with bronchial asthma and vasomotor rhinitis M. A. Menshutina, M. A. Ryabova, O. M. Lozovskaya, V. I. Trofimov, M. S. Pluzhnikov, N. N. Petrishchev (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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The glucocorticoid therapy influence on the lung microcirculation in patients with bronchial asthma J. S. Savitskaya, O. V. Lukina, V. I. Trofimiv, V. P. Zolotnitskaya (St. Petersburg, Russian Federation)
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Hepatopulmonary syndrome in children with chronic liver disease L. Alves, M. D. F. B. P. March, C. C. Sant Anna, M. Marsillac, S. Ferreira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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