Annual Congress Vienna 2009

Saturday, 12.09.2009
Sunday, 13.09.2009
Monday, 14.09.2009
Tuesday, 15.09.2009
Wednesday, 16.09.2009

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2009; 34: Suppl. 53, abstract number.

Material from 2009:

4047 Abstracts
652 Slide presentations
300 Webcasts
93 Handouts
2150 e-posters
300 Multimedia files

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Pulmonary hypertension – recent progress in research and practice

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Chairs: G. Simonneau (Clamart, France), S. Said (Stony Brook, Ny, United States of America)
Aims: To introduce the new management guidelines with their implications for the diagnosis and management of patients with pulmonary hypertension. In this context the audience should learn: 1) the importance of vascular remodelling and of novel transcription factors in the pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension; 2) the therapeutic potential of novel transcription factor inhibitors; and 3) the importance of matching the patient?s treatment to their functional status.

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NFAT activation in hypoxic PAH L. Gonzales Bosc (Albuquerque, United States of America)
Assessment of patient status and treatment goals M. M. Hoeper (Hanover, Germany)