Pulmonary hypertension: diagnosis and treatment

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Chairs: H. Olschewski (Graz, Austria), A. Torbicki (Warsaw, Poland)
Early recognition of pulmonary arterial hypertension in risk patients using exercise stress echocardiography and right heart catheterisation
G. Kovacs, R. Maier, S. Scheidl, C. Hesse, E. Aberer, M. Brodmann, E. Gruenig, H. Olschewski (Graz, Austria; Heidelberg, Germany)
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Can brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) be a predictor for pulmonary arterial hypertension?
G. Okumus, E. Kiyan, A. K. Bilge, Z. Kaya, F. Comce, M. Bolayir, G. Kuran, A. Kiyan, L. Tabak, O. Arseven (Istanbul, Bolu, Turkey)
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Effect of simvastatin on pulmonary hypertension in patients with COPD
G. Arutyunov, N. Rylova, A. Rylova, L. Semenova, M. Korsunskaya (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Dipyridamole as adjuvant therapy in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. A pilot study
E. Miranda-Malpica, T. Pulido-Zamudio, M. Porres-Aguilar, N. Espinola, E. Vallejo, L. Jimenez, A. Meave, E. Bautista, E. Santos, M. L. Martinez-Guerra, C. J. Gonzalez-Quesada, J. Sandoval (Mexico City, Mexico)
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Pregnant with pulmonary hypertension treated succesfully by iloprost and sildenafil
N. Gundogdu, H. Suyur, N. Bayram, E. Dikensoy, O. Elbek (Gaziantep, Turkey)
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Successful transition from oral prostacyclin analogue (beraprost) to the selective endothelin receptor antagonist (sitaxsentan) therapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension
M. Florczyk, M. Kurzyna, A. Fijalkowska, A. Kacprzak, M. Wieteska, C. Czajka, J. Kober, J. Zylkowska, A. Torbicki (Warsaw, Poland)
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