title: Cor Pulmonale.
abstract: The goals of treatment of cor pulmonale are 1) to reduce pulmonary arterial hypertension; 2) to optimize gas-exchange efficiency; and 3) to improve survival. These goals are achieved through long-term oxygen therapy, bronchodilator and vasodilator therapy, aggressive treatment of pulmonary infection, and anticoagulation. Selected patients may benefit from available surgical options.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University of California at San Francisco, 1180 Moffitt Hospital, 505 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143-0124, USA. demarco@medicine.ucsf.edu
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Missov
authors.lastname: De Marco T