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
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Pulmonary circulation I

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: R. Souza (Sao Paulo, Brazil), S. Ulrich (Zurich, Switzerland)
Exercise dependence of serum NT-PROBNP levels in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension
S. Krug, H. Pankau, H. Wirtz, H. J. Seyfarth (Leipzig, Germany)
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Hospitalization in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: causes and outcomes
A. Campo Ezquibela, S. K. Mathai, A. L. Zaiman, R. E. Girgis, L. Hummers, F. Wigley, P. M. Hassoun (Pamplona, Spain; Baltimore, United States Of America)
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Stroke volume reflects changes in six minute walk test during follow-up in pulmonary arterial hypertension
S. van Wolferen, N. Westerhof, A. Boonstra, P. Postmus, A. Vonk Noordegraaf (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Role of brain natriuretic peptide levels in predicting the acute clinical worsening episodes and response to iloprost infusion in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension
I. Tanboga, M. Can, H. Tokgöz, T. Akgün, E. Türkyilmaz, N. Keles, A. Özkan, O. Özveren, C. Kaymaz (Istanbul, Batman, MUS, Kütahya, Turkey)
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Value of maximal and submaximal variables during incremental cardiopulmonary exercise testing to predict survival in pateints with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)
E. V.M. Ferreira, J. S.O. Arakaki, P. B. B. Figueiredo, D. Bravo, L. D. Batista, L. E. Nery, J. A. Neder (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Longitudinal assessment in combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE): a case series
A. A. Stanziola, E. Carpentieri, C. Russo, C. Vitale, D. Radicella, B. Stanzione, M. Sofia (Naples, Italy)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Ventilatory inefficiency as cause of excercise limitation in COPD patients
I. Caviedes, R. Soto, P. Gomez (Santiago, Chile)
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The prevalence and affecting factors of pulmonary hypertension in hemodialysis patients
C. Eren Dagli, H. Sayarlioglu, E. Dogan, G. Acar, G. Demirpolat, N. Koksal, M. Gelen, I. Isik (Kahramanmaras, Turkey)
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Sleep related breathing-disorders in patients with pulmonary hypertension
G. Pitsiou, K. Fekete, C. Nakou, I. Athanasiou, A. Boutou, N. Havouzis, M. Kipourou, I. Stanopoulos, P. Argyropoulou (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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Arteriovenous malformations in the lung. A study of surgical and autopsy cases
J. Macrae, M. Sheppard, C. Shovlin (London, United Kingdom)
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension and systemic lupus erythematosus
O. Yakovleva, A. Klekot, E. Galiutina (Vinnitsa, Ukraine)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Bosentan and pulmonary hypertension in patients affected by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
P. Bracciale, S. Bellanova, A. Castagnaro, L. Mangiacotti, A. G. D‘Agostino, C. Scoditti, G. Valerio (San Pietro Vernotico, Brindisi, Bari, Italy)
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An early prediction of intravascular microthromb formation for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
G. Sadikova, A. Aljavi (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
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Decreased intrathrombocytic serotonin levels and transpulmonary gradient in patients with pulmonary hypertension
S. Ulrich, L. C. Huber, M. Fischler, U. Treder, M. Maggiorini, F. R. Eberli, R. Speich (Zurich, Switzerland)
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Congress or journal article abstract
RV/TLC ratio as an independent prognostic indicator in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH)
A. Kacprzak, M. Szturmowicz, M. Franczuk, A. Fijalkowska, M. Kurzyna, M. Wieteska, S. Wesolowski, A. Torbicki (Warsaw, Poland)
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Effects of bosentan in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension and mild-to-moderate COPD
G. Prevot, L. Tetu, N. Blot-Souletie, A. Didier (Toulouse, France)
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VEGF reduces pulmonary hypertension and vascular remodeling in pulmonary fibrosis through reduced endothelial apoptosis
L. Farkas, D. Farkas, J. Gauldie, P. Margetts, M. Inman, M. Kolb (Hamilton, Canada)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Population pharmacokinetic (PK) of sildenafil in paediatric and adult pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients
L. Harnisch, N. Hayashi (Sandwich, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Plasma big-endothelin and hemodynamics in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension compared to patients with chronic left heart failure with and without pulmonary venous hypertension
S. Braun, S. Katzke, G. Höffken, M. Halank (Dresden, Germany)
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Anca and anti-gbm-antibodies in pulmonary-renal syndrome due to Wegener‘s granulomatosis
K. Zycinska, K. Wardyn, T. Zielonka, A. Nitsch-Osuch (Warsaw, Poland)
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