Inhaled iloprost induces long-term beneficial hemodynamic changes in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension receiving combination therapy.

ABSTRACT: Inhaled iloprost is an established treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). However, the long-term hemodynamic changes that inhaled iloprost induces are unclear. Here, we retrospectively enrolled 18 patients with PAH who received inhaled iloprost as add-on to oral combination therapy from December 2016 to January 2021 at our institute in Japan. We then examined the changes in hemodynamic parameters induced by iloprost in these patients during right heart catheterization (RHC). To examine the long-term effects of iloprost, we repeated the RHC examination at follow-up (median time to follow-up, 8.5 months). During both catheterization procedures, iloprost was administered by using an I-neb AAD system (Philips NV). In a comparison of pre-inhalation values at the first and follow-u

SUBMITTER: Yasuda K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9063964 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature