Prostanoids but not oral therapies improve right ventricular function in pulmonary arterial hypertension. | Vanderbilt Translational and Clinical Cardiovascular Research Center (VTRACC)

Brittain EL, Pugh ME, Wheeler LA, Robbins IM, Loyd JE, Newman JH, Austin ED, Hemnes AR. Prostanoids but not oral therapies improve right ventricular function in pulmonary arterial hypertension. JACC. Heart failure. 2013 Aug;1(1). 300-7. PMID: 24015376 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC3763862 NIHMSID: NIHMS501743.

Abstract

This study hypothesized that right ventricular stroke work index (RVSWI) and pulmonary capacitance (PC) would increase after treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and that prostanoids would have a stronger effect than oral therapy.