pulmonary hypertension
Research Topic
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Research problems linked to this topic
- Pulmonary hypertension affects 10% of adult patients with sickle cell disease (SCD), particularly those with the homozygous genotype.
- Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is an ominous disease leading to progressive right heart failure.
- Aberrant activation of pathways that promote pulmonary arterial smooth muscle (PASMC) and endothelial cell (PAEC) proliferation causes vascular remodeling and increased vascular resistance that leads to the deadly disease Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH).