New approaches to pulmonary hypertension.
Careful evaluation will often reveal secondary--and perhaps reversible--factors contributing to pulmonary hypertension. For primary disease, there are now a variety of treatments, ranging from calcium channel blockers to lung transplantation.
Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI, USA.
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D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D011379:Prognosis; D014655:Vascular Resistance
D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers