Disease-Targeted Treatment Improves Cognitive Function in Patients with Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension

Patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) may suffer from cognitive deficits that potentially relate to reduced oxygen delivery and cerebral tissue oxygenation (CTO). To evaluate the hypothesis that cognitive function improves with therapy, along with improved CTO. Twenty incident patients with arte...

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Published in:	Respiration Vol. 90; no. 5; p. 376
Main Authors:	Somaini, Gina, Stamm, Adriana, Müller-Mottet, Séverine, Hasler, Elisabeth, Keusch, Stephan, Hildenbrand, Florian F, Furian, Michael, Speich, Rudolf, Bloch, Konrad E, Ulrich, Silvia
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland 01-11-2015
Subjects:	Adult Aged Analysis of Variance Antihypertensive Agents - administration & dosage Capillaries - pathology Cardiac Catheterization Cognition - drug effects Cognition - physiology Cohort Studies Drug Delivery Systems - methods Exercise Tolerance - drug effects Exercise Tolerance - physiology Female Humans Hypertension, Pulmonary - diagnosis Hypertension, Pulmonary - drug therapy Hypertension, Pulmonary - mortality Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain - prevention & control Male Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Pilot Projects Predictive Value of Tests Prospective Studies Pulmonary Circulation - drug effects Quality of Life Regression Analysis Severity of Illness Index Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared - methods Switzerland Vasodilator Agents - administration & dosage Switzerland
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