• Title of article

    We Perform Vasoreactivity Test in Pulmonary Hypertension, but Reproducibility?

  • Author/Authors

    Özkeçeci, Gülay Afyon Kocatepe University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Akçi, Önder Afyon Kocatepe University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Onrat, Ersel Afyon Kocatepe University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Avsar, Alaettin Afyon Kocatepe University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Turkey

  • From page
    153
  • To page
    154
  • Abstract
    Sarcoidosis is a chronic, granulomatous disease that it can affect all organs. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is one of the most important complications of sarcoidosis and indicates poor prognosis. PH is determined by right cardiac catheterization and mean pulmonary artery pressure is ≥25 mmHg at rest. Vasoreactivity test is recommended to this patients, to determine vasodilator drugs to response of pulmonary vascular bed. Calcium channel blockers are used in patients with a positive test vasoreactivity. We presented a case in this article whose vasoreactivity test was positive initially, but negative in follow-up.
  • Keywords
    Pulmonary hypertension , vasorectivity test , sarcoidosis
  • Journal title
    Erciyes Medical Journal
  • Journal title
    Erciyes Medical Journal
  • Record number

    2597466