Pulmonary circulation

E-Communication Session
Chairs: M. M. Hoeper (Hanover, Germany), M. Delcroix (Leuven, Belgium)

A simple non-invasive diagnostic algorithm for pulmonary hypertension A. Martischnig, P. Wexberg, H. Heinzl, R. Sadushi, C. Adlbrecht, N. Skoro-Sajer, I. Lang, D. Bonderman (Vienna, Austria)
Hypoxia induced pulmonary hypertension – the role of dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase 1 (DDAH-1) in acute and sustained hypoxic vasoconstriction A. Gaber, N. Sommer, N. Huang, A. Ghofrani, R. Schermuly, W. Seeger, F. Grimminger, J. Cooke, N. Weissmann (Giessen, Germany; Stanford, United States Of America)
Effects of Rho-kinase inhibitor fasudil on pulmonary arterial pressure in highlanders with high altitude pulmonary hypertension. (Double-blind placebo-controlled study) B. Kojonazarov, M. Kasymbekova, M. Wilkins, T. Ishizaki, A. Aldashev (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan; London, United Kingdom; Fukui, Japan)
Pulmonary arterial wave reflections during acute pulmonary hypertension studied with wave intensity analysis (WIA) N. Dwyer, A. C. Yong, D. Kilpatrick (Hobart, Australia)
Characterisation of connective tissue diseases-associated PAH from the reveal registry L. Chung, J. Liu, L. Parsons, M. McGoon, D. Badesch, P. Hassoun, M. Nicolls, R. Zamanian (Stanford, San Francisco, Rochester, Denver, Balitmore, United States Of America)
Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion predicts invasive haemodynamic markers of right ventricular function in pulmonary hypertension C. T. Sibley, S. C. Mathai, H. C. Champion, M. Hildebrant, D. Boyce, N. Lechtzin, J. A. C. Lima, P. M. Hassoun (Baltimore, United States Of America)
Peripheral airway dysfunction persist after endothelin receptor antagonist therapy in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension A. S. Droste, D. Rohde, M. Voelkers, A. Filusch, M. M. Borst, H. A. Katus, F. J. Meyer (Heidelberg, Germany)
Exercise induced elevation of high-sensitive troponin T serum levels in patients with pulmonary hypertension D. Rohde, M. Voelkers, E. Giannitsis, A. Filusch, H. A. Katus, F. J. Meyer (Heidelberg, Germany)
C-reactive protein: a new predictor of adverse outcome in pulmonary arterial hypertension R. Quarck, T. Nawrot, B. Meyns, M. Delcroix (Leuven, Diepenbeek, Belgium)
Noninvasive estimation of PVR using contrast enhanced MRI in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension H. Rietema, N. Saouti, N. Westerhof, T. Marcus, T. Kind, A. Vonk-Noordegraaf (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Pulmonary hypertension associated with myeloproliferative disorders suggesting pulmonary veno-occlusive disease: a retrospective study of six cases Y. Adir, M. Yigla, O. Amir, D. Weiler, H. Rosenbaum (Haifa, Israel)
Increased plasma nitrite as a compensation to decreased endogenous NOS-related production of NO in patients with idiopathic PAH A. Malinovschi, D. Henrohn, A. Eriksson, J. Lundberg, K. Alving, G. Wikström (Uppsala, Stockholm, Sweden)
French pulmonary arterial hypertension registry in children: 2-year follow-up data A. Fraisse, X. Jais, J. M. Schleich, S. Di Philippo, P. Maragnes, M. Beghetti, D. Tardy, M. Voisin, C. Dauphin, P. Clerson, F. Godart, D. Bonnet (Marseille, Clamart, Rennes, Lyon, Caen, Paris, Montpellier, Clermont Ferrand, Roubaix, Lille, France; Geneva, Switzerland)
Right ventricular post-systolic isovolumic phase reflects prolonged myocardial shortening in pulmonary arterial hypertension G. J. Mauritz, J. T. Marcus, N. Westerhof, A. Vonk-Noordegraaf (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Patients walking more than 450 m in 6 minutes at diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension: baseline characteristics and prognostic factors B. Degano, O. Sitbon, G. Garcia, X. Jais, L. Savale, D. Natali, M. Humbert, G. Simonneau (Clamart, France)
Pulmonary arterial hypertension related with congenital heart disease (PAH r-CHD): a retrospective study of 21 patients J. Neves, D. Carvalho, J. Ramalho, J. Meireles, C. Mendonça, L. Carvalho, F. Gonçalves, A. Reis (Porto, Portugal)
Pulmonary hypertension correlates with increase in pulmonary interstitial pressure and decreased capillary patency G. Miserocchi, I. Rivolta, V. Lucchini, C. D‘Orlando, F. Kolar (Monza, Italy; Prague, Czech Republic)
Lung oedema measurement by capillary filtration coefficient (kfc) in lung blocks preserved with low pottasium dextran, and sildenafil B. Carlos, A. Nadezhda, S. Avelina, B. Matilde, S. Patricio (Mexico, Mexico)
Is vibration response imaging (VRI) useful for early detection of high altitude pulmonary oedema (HAPE)? H. D. Becker, F. Scheurlen, C. Dehnert, M. Maggiorini, P. Bartsch (Hedielberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Zurich, Switzerland)
Re-expansion after one-lung ventilation induces elevation of cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant 1 in plasma and sequestration of neutrophils into the ventilated lung in rats T. Eguchi, N. Kobayashi, A. Hyogotani, G. Saito, K. Hamanaka, T. Shiina, M. Kurai, R. Kondo, K. Yoshida, J. Amano (Matsumoto, Japan)