Contributing factors to pulmonary hypertension

Symposium
Chairs: R. Naeije (Brussels, Belgium), L. Nicod (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Aims: Different aetiologies of pulmonary hypertension must be known in order to choose the appropriate treatment and to improve the quality of life of patients with pulmonary hypertension.

Genetics in pulmonary hypertension R. Trembath (London, United Kingdom)
Role of Gremlin in pulmonary hypertension S. Gaine (Dublin, Ireland)
Cardiac shunt in COPD as a cause of severe hypoxaemia: probably not so uncommon after all A. Vonk Noordegraaf (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)