Iron Deficiency in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Deep Dive into the Mechanisms

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a severe cardiovascular disease that is caused by the progressive occlusion of the distal pulmonary arteries, eventually leading to right heart failure and death. Almost 40% of patients with PAH are iron deficient. Although widely studied, the mechanisms link...

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Main Authors: Marceau Quatredeniers, Pedro Mendes-Ferreira, Diana Santos-Ribeiro, Morad K. Nakhleh, Maria-Rosa Ghigna, Sylvia Cohen-Kaminsky, Frédéric Perros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
Series:Cells
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/2/477