Circulating endothelial cells in refractory pulmonary hypertension in children: markers of treatment efficacy and clinical worsening.

Circulating endothelial cells in refractory pulmonary hypertension in children: markers of treatment efficacy and clinical worsening.

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary vasodilators in general and prostacyclin analogues in particular have improved the outcome of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Endothelial dysfunction is a key feature of PAH and we previously described that circulating endothelial cell (CEC) level could be...

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Main Authors: Marilyne Levy, Damien Bonnet, Laetitia Mauge, David S Celermajer, Pascale Gaussem, David M Smadja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3677895?pdf=render

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