Pulmonary arterial hypertension: future therapeutic approaches

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Chairs: Harm Jan H.J. Bogaard (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Jose Gomez-Arroyo (Cincinatti, United States of America)
Aims: In the last year, several very relevant scientific papers that have increased our understanding of pulmonary arterial hypertension were published in high impact journals. The authors of these papers will review their translational work and indicate how it has provided new insights into the pathophysiology and pathobiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Ceremony for ERS Award for Lifetime Achievement in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Introduction: overview of pulmonary arterial hypertension pathogenesis Harm Jan H.J. Bogaard (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Targeting BMPR-II in pulmonary arterial hypertension Paul Upton (Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Epigenetic modulation of right ventricular failure Roxane Paulin (Quebec, Canada)