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European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on May 24, 2008
European Heart Journal 2008 29(13):1603-1604; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn181
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Assessment of compliance in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Rogerio Souza*

Pulmonary Circulation Division, Pulmonary Department, Heart Institute, University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo 04006052, Brazil

* Corresponding author. Tel: +331 46453135, Fax: +331 46453135, Email: rgrsz@uol.com.br

This editorial refers to ‘Pulmonary vascular resistance and compliance stay inversely related during treatment of pulmonary hypertension’{dagger} by J.-W. Lankhaar et al., on page 1688

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The main mechanical feature of the pulmonary circulation is the ability to sustain low pressure levels even in the presence of high flow,1 thus being defined as a low resistance/high compliance system. Pulmonary hypertension is a multifactorial clinical condition mainly characterized by vascular remodelling that increases right ventricular afterload, eventually leading to ventricular dysfunction.2 Most of the clinical presentation and . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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