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Abstract
Topics Series Pulmonary circulation and lung injury
Wide range of pulmonary hypertension
Department of Respirology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University
ABSTRACT
The world symposium at Nice on pulmonary hypertension (PH) established a clinical classification of PH on the basis of pathological, physiological, and management similarities. Group 1 is pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH); group 2 is PH because of left-heart disease; group 3 is PH because of chronic lung disease and/or hypoxia; group 4 is chronic thromboembolic PH (CTEPH); and group 5 is PH because of unclear multifactorial mechanisms. A grant to the Respiratory Failure Research Group from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has been continued with their work on the field of PH and will provide any science progress. Regarding this specific issue on PH, basic and clinical topics are discussed.
KEYWORDS
Pulmonary hypertension Respiratory Failure Research Group The World Symposium of Pulmonary Hypertension Lung transplantation
AJRS, 3(4): 460-463, 2014
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