International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 154, Supplement 1 , Pages S20-S33, December 2011

Treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH): Updated Recommendations of the Cologne Consensus Conference 2011

  • H. Ardeschir Ghofrani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical Clinic II, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, Gießen Branch
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Prof. Dr. H. Ardeschir Ghofrani, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical Clinic II/IV, University Hospital Gieβen and Marburg, Gieβen Branch, Klinikstr. 36, D-35392 Gieβen, Germany. Tel.: +49 (0)641-99-42422; fax: +49 (0)641-99-42419
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  • Oliver Distler

      Affiliations

    • Rheumatology Clinic, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
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  • Felix Gerhardt

      Affiliations

    • Clinic III for Internal Medicine, Heart Center at the University of Cologne
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  • Matthias Gorenflo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Leuven, Belgium
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  • Ekkehard Grünig

      Affiliations

    • Center for pulmonary hypertension, Chest Clinic at the University Hospital Heidelberg
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  • Walter E. Haefeli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology, Heidelberg University
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  • Matthias Held

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Section Respiratory Medicine and Cardiology, Mission Medical Hospital, Würzburg
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  • Marius M. Hoeper

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Respiratory Medicine, Medical University Hannover
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  • Christian M. Kähler

      Affiliations

    • Pneumology/USPH Innsbruck Internal Medicine I, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Harald Kaemmerer

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects, German Heart Center Munich
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  • Hans Klose

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pneumology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
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  • Volker Köllner

      Affiliations

    • Specialty Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine, MediClin Bliestal Clinics, Blieskastel
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  • Bruno Kopp

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonale Hypertonie e.V. (phev), Rheinstetten
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  • Siegrun Mebus

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Defects, German Heart Center Munich
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  • Andreas Meyer

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Respiratory Medicine, Maria Hilf Hospital, Mönchengladbach
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  • Oliver Miera

      Affiliations

    • Department of Congenital Heart Defects/Pediatric Cardiology, German Heart Center, Berlin
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  • David Pittrow

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Pharmacology, Medical Faculty, Carl-Gustav Carus Technical University Dresden
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  • Gabriela Riemekasten

      Affiliations

    • Medical Clinic, Dpartment. of Rheumatology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin
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  • Stephan Rosenkranz

      Affiliations

    • Clinic III for Internal Medicine, Heart Center at the University of Cologne
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  • Dietmar Schranz

      Affiliations

    • Pediatric Heart Center, Justus-Liebig University Gießen
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  • Robert Voswinckel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Medical Clinic II, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg, Gießen Branch
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  • Horst Olschewski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonology, Medical University of Graz, Austria

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 Source: Ghofrani HA, Distler O, Gerhardt F, et al. Treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH): Recommendations of the Cologne Consensus Conference 2010. Dtsch Med Wochenschr 2010;135(Suppl 3):S87-101.

PII: S0167-5273(11)70490-9

doi:10.1016/S0167-5273(11)70490-9

International Journal of Cardiology
Volume 154, Supplement 1 , Pages S20-S33, December 2011

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