Pulmonary Hypertension

Pulmonary Hypertension means that the blood pressure in the pulmonary artery is too high.  This is a problem for anyone, and particularly if you are requiring a Liver Transplant.  For further information it is worth checking the PH Central website, whose mission statement is "To be the definitive internet resource for PH-related information For Patients, Caregivers, and Medical Professionals."  One treatment that has been successful with one liver transplant recipient in New Zealand has been the use of the vasodilator "iloprost".  Here are some article references that may be of interest.

  Annals of Internal Medicine
"Inhaled Iloprost To Treat Severe Pulomonary Hypertension: An Uncontrolled Trial"
By Horst Olschewski and others
Volume 132 Number 6, 21 March 2000, pages 435-443.

  Americal Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
"Inhaled Prostacyclin and Iloprost in Severe Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to Lung Fibrosis."
By Horst Olschewski and others
Volume 160 Number 2, August 1999, pages 600-607.

  Americal Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
"Regulation of atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) in response to acute iloprost-induced pulmonary vasodilation in severe pulmonary hypertension."
By R. Wiedermann and others.
Volume 159 Number 3, 1999, page A162.

  Americal Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
"Therapy of life threatening pulmonary hypertension with inhaled iloprost"
By H. Olschewski and others
Volume 159 Number 3, 1999, page A159.

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