Rationale: The detection of pulmonary hypertension in patients with chronic lung disease
has prognostic implications. The brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) has been suggested as a …

Objectives : The aim of this study was to investigate the potential role of brain natriuretic
peptide (BNP) levels in the assessment of functional status and right heart performance in …

Background:N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) is a byproduct of the brain
natriuretic peptide (BNP) that was shown to be of prognostic value in pulmonary …

Aggregation of the high affinity IgE receptor (FcεRI) in a mast cell line resulted in activation
of the p42 and the stress-activated p38 mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases. Selective …

Study objectives Different vasodilators and different routes of application are used for the
treatment of primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH). Recently, sildenafil, a phosphodiesterase-…

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) leads to an increased right ventricular workload, cardiac failure
and death. In idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) the vasodilating vasoactive …

Study objectives Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) leads to substantial morbidity and
mortality. Noninvasive parameters in the follow-up assessment of PAH could be helpful in …

Beta-adrenergic stimulation may increase heart rate and the potential for cardiac arrhythmias.
The effect of inhaled long-acting beta2-agonists (LABAs) on these outcomes was …

Purpose: To evaluate the safety and ocular hypotensive efficacy of 4 trabodenoson doses
administered twice daily over 14 or 28 days in subjects with ocular hypertension or primary …

Background: Racemic albuterol (RAC) is an equal mixture of (R)-albuterol and (S)-albuterol.
Only the (R)-isomer, levalbuterol (LEV), is therapeutically active. Lower doses of LEV, …