Pulmonary hypertension I

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: H. A. Ghofrani (Giessen, Germany), O. Sitbon (Clamart, France)

Oral combination therapy bosentan/sildenafil delays time to clinical worsening in comparison to bosentan monotherapy W. Jacobs, A. Vonk Noordegraaf, A. Boonstra, P. E. Postmus (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
A randomised-controlled trial of a physiotherapist-led rehabilitation programme in patients with pulmonary hypertension A. Wilkinson, C. A. Elliot, R. Condliffe, S. Mawson, I. J. Armstrong, C. Billings, D. G. Kiely (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
The value of transfer factor in interpreting walking distance in patients with SScl-PAH C. Billings, L. Smith, C. Elliot, R. Condliffe, I. Armstrong, C. Billings, D. Kiely (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
Effects of training on endothelial function and circulating endothelial progenitor cells in COPD patients P. A. Munoz, M. Diez, S. Pizarro, V. I. Peinado, D. Rodriguez, E. Gimeno, M. Sitges, E. Ferrer, Y. Torralba, J. Pètriz, P. Marin, J. Roca, J. A. Barberà (Barcelona, Spain)
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) associated with haemolysis K. L. Patrick, R. Condliffe, C. A. Elliot, I. J. Armstrong, J. Wright, D. G. Kiely (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
Acute effects of sildenafil in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) I. Blanco, E. Gimeno, P. Munoz, F. P. Gomez, S. Pizarro, C. Gistau, R. Rodriguez-Roisin, J. Roca, J. A. Barbera (Barcelona, Spain)
Ventricular mass index correlates with pulmonary haemodynamics in patients with systemic sclerosis and suspected pulmonary arterial hypertension D. Hagger, N. Woodhouse, C. A. Elliot, R. Condliffe, J. Wild, I. J. Armstrong, C. Hill, C. Davies, D. G. Kiely (Sheffield, United Kingdom)
High prevalence of iron deficiency in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension E. Soon, M. Toshner, N. Morrell, J. Pepke-Zaba (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Inhalation of endothelin receptor blockers in pulmonary hypertension H. Leuchte, T. Meis, J. Michalek, J. Behr (Munich, Germany)
Prognostic value of end-tidal partial pressure of carbon dioxide during cardiopulmonary exercise test in pulmonary hypertension W. T. N. Lee, A. Brown, D. Raeside, A. Peacock, M. Johnson (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Oxygen desaturation during six-minute walking test in pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with adult cardiac congenital heart disease A. Stanziola, M. D‘Alto, G. Battiloro, S. Padula, P. Argiento, G. de Laurentiis, R. Calabro, M. Sofia (Naples, Italy)
Air travel is safe and well tolerated in clinically stable PH patients M. Thamm, R. Voswinckel, B. Karadas, H. Gall, F. Grimminger, H. A. Ghofrani (Giessen, Germany)
Cardiac output measurement by thermodilution using right heart catheter versus noninvasive rebreathing technique in pulmonary hypertension H. J. Baumann, J. K. Hennigs, S. Kluge, H. Klose (Hamburg, Germany)
Non-invasive measurement of stroke volume using an inert gas rebreathing device in patients with pulmonary hypertension L. E. R. McLure, W. N. Lee, A. C. Chuch, A. J. Peacock, M. K. Johnson (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
Iloprost treatment in portopulmonary hypertension I. Blanco, M. T. Melgosa, G. Ricci, J. C. Garcia-Pagan, P. Escribano, F. Burgos, J. Roca, R. Rodriguez-Roisin, J. Bosch, J. A. Barbera (Barcelona, Madrid, Spain; Rome, Italy)
Acute changes to sildenafil in pulmonary arterial hypertension assessed by magnetic resonance imaging F. Reichenberger, O. Wuesten, C. Zeleny, K. Neu, M. Coch, R. Voswinckel, H. A. Ghofrani, W. Seeger (Giessen, Germany)
Prevalence of anxiety and depression in patients freshly diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension S. Ulrich, M. Fischler, L. C. Huber, M. Hersberger, R. Speich (Zurich, Switzerland)
TOPP: the first international registry in pediatric pulmonary hypertension M. Beghetti, R. Berger, I. Schulze-Neick, R. Barst, T. Humpl, G. Raskob (Geneva, Switzerland; Groningen, Netherlands; London, United Kingdom; New York, Oklahoma, United States Of America; Toronto, Canada)
Clinical feature of systemic sclerosis associated with pulmonary hypertension: results of one center study A. Volkov, N. Eugeni (Moscow, Russian Federation)
Meaning of physiological dead space ventilation (VD/VT) increase in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension (PH) R. Pancani, C. Bauleo, G. Mirarchi, G. Catapano, B. Formichi, R. Prediletto, C. Marini (Pisa, Italy)