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| Actelion Pharmaceuticals Deutschland GmbH | INDUSTRY |
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Background: Persistent severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) after mechanical valve replacement is a frequent finding in patients with severe valve-diseases. The reasons to develop PH are multifactorial and the prevalence of severe PH significantly worsens the patients´ outcome.
Aims: (i) To define the prevalence of PH in patients after valve replacement and (ii) to identify factors predicting persistent PH.
Methods: All patients which underwent valve replacement at our institution between the years 2008 -2010 will be screened retrospectively. Those patients with pre- procedural proven PH by means of right-heart catheterization will receive prospective follow-up with echocardiography. Diagnosis of persistent PH will be confirmed with right heart catheterization.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Valve replacement | Patients undergoing valve replacement for severe valve disease will be screened for study entry |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Persistence of pulmonary hypertension after valve replacement for treatment of severe valve disease | > 6 months after valve therapy |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| MACCE, all cause mortality during FU | Within 24 months after valve therapy |
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Patient with proven PH before valve replacement by right heart catherterization will be screened for study entry.
| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Christoph Hammerstingl, MD | Contact | +4922815951 | christoph.hammerstingl@ukb.uni-bonn.de | |
| Dirk Skowasch, MD, PhD | Contact | +4922816076 | dirk.skowasch@ukb.uni-bonn.de |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Medizinische Klinik II, University of Bonn | Bonn | 53125 | Germany |
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| ID | Term |
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| D006976 | Hypertension, Pulmonary |
| ID | Term |
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| D008171 | Lung Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
| D006973 | Hypertension |
| D014652 | Vascular Diseases |
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| D002318 |
| Cardiovascular Diseases |