Pulmonary Hypertension and Systemic Diseases

Rossella Paolini; Michela Armigliato; Sergio Zamboni

doi:10.2174/1568010042634613

ISSN: 1568-010X
E-ISSN: 1568-010X

Pulmonary Hypertension and Systemic Diseases
Authors: Rossella Paolini¹, Michela Armigliato² and Sergio Zamboni³
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¹ Division of Internal Medicine. S. Maria della Misericordia Hopsital. Via Martiri 3. Rovigo 45100- Italy. ² Division of Internal Medicine. S. Maria della Misericordia Hopsital. Via Martiri 3. Rovigo 45100- Italy. ³ Division of Internal Medicine. S. Maria della Misericordia Hopsital. Via Martiri 3. Rovigo 45100- Italy.
Source: Current Drug Targets - Inflammation & Allergy, Volume 3, Issue 4, Dec 2004, p. 459 - 467
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2174/1568010042634613
- Available online: 01 Dec 2004

Abstract

Secondary pulmonary hypertension (sPH) may develop as a result of few systemic diseases as endocrine diseases, HIV infection, collagen diseases, liver and hematological disorders. In this review we discuss the role of systemic diseases in inducing PH starting from a pathological classification.

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Keyword(s): calcitonin; copd; endothelial nitric oxide synthase; endothelin-1; growth hormone; hiv; myeloid metaplasia; vasoconstrictor

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