Autonomic nervous system involvement in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Autonomic nervous system involvement in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Abstract Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a chronic pulmonary vascular disease characterized by increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) leading to right ventricular (RV) failure. Autonomic nervous system involvement in the pathogenesis of PAH has been demonstrated several years ago, ho...

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Main Authors: Mylène Vaillancourt, Pamela Chia, Shervin Sarji, Jason Nguyen, Nir Hoftman, Gregoire Ruffenach, Mansoureh Eghbali, Aman Mahajan, Soban Umar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Respiratory Research
Subjects:
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Autonomic nervous system
Right ventricle
Sympathetic nervous system
Renin angiotensin aldosterone system
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-017-0679-6

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