Clinical aspects of pulmonary arterial hypertension

Oral Presentation
Chairs: M.M. Hoeper (Hanover, Germany), A. Peacock (Glasgow, United Kingdom)

Bosentan delays time to clinical worsening (TTCW) and improves haemodynamics in who class II pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients: EARLY study results G. Simonneau, N. Galie, M. M. Hoeper, P. Jansa, A. Kusic-Pajic, L. J. Rubin (Clamart, France; Bologna, Italy; Hannover, Germany; Prague, Czech Republic; Allschwil, Switzerland; La Jolla, CA, United States Of America)
Treatment of early systemic sclerosis associated pulmonary arterial hypertension with endothelin receptor antagonists improves survival P. Kabunga, C. Handler, C. Das, S. Reddecliffe, C. Denton, C. Black, H. Penn, J. G. Coghlan, J. Davar (London, United Kingdom)
Survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH): impact of 3 different periods of management O. Sitbon, R. Souza, Z. C. Jing, X. Jaïs, M. Humbert, J. Le Pavec, C. Tcherakian, K. Boutet, G. Simonneau (Clamart, France)
Clinical characteristics, hemodynamics and survival in idiopathic and familial pulmonary arterial hypertension with germline BMPR2 mutation B. Sztrymf, A. Yaïci, F. Coulet, B. Girerd, O. Sitbon, X. Jaïs, G. Simonneau, F. Soubrier, M. Humbert (Clamart, Paris, France)
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing for detection of early pulmonary vascular changes in relatives of patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension F. Reichenberger, M. Koester, D. Mereles, A. Fijalkowskaja, S. Weissmann, E. Grunig, A. Torbicki, H. Olschewski, W. Seeger (Giessen, Heidelberg, Germany; Warzaw, Poland; Graz, Austria)
VE/VCO2 slope predicts survival in pulmonary arterial hypertension H. Groepenhoff, M. Spreeuwenberg, A. Boonstra, A. Vonk-Noordegraaf, P. E. Postmus, H. J. Bogaard (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Impairment of respiratory muscle function in pulmonary hypertension H. J. Kabitz, A. Schwoerer, H. C. Bremer, F. Sonntag, S. Walterspacher, D. Walker, V. Schaefer, N. Ehlken, G. Staehler, M. Halank, H. Klose, H. Ghofrani, M. Hoeper, E. Gruenig, W. Windisch (Freiburg, Heidelberg, Loewenstein, Dresden, Hamburg, Giessen, Han
The French registry of pulmonary arterial hypertension in children: characteristics at diagnosis X. Jais, A. Fraisse, J. M. Schleich, M. Beghetti, V. Gressin, M. Voisin, C. Dauphin, F. Godart, D. Bonnet (Clamart, Marseille, Rennes, Paris, Montpellier, Clermont Ferrand, Lille, France; Geneve, Switzerland)