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Observational studyRespiratory research2023

Tolerability, safety and survival in patients with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension treated with intravenous epoprostenol (Veletri

Julia Degering, Benjamin Egenlauf, Satenik Harutyunova, Nicola Benjamin, Amina Salkić, Panagiota Xanthouli, Christina A Eichstaedt, Rebekka Seeger, Olivier Sitbon, Ekkehard Grünig

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Observational study in Respiratory research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Julia Degering *Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH at Heidelberg University Hospital, Röntgenstraße 1, 69126, Heidelberg, Germany.
Benjamin Egenlauf *Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH at Heidelberg University Hospital, Röntgenstraße 1, 69126, Heidelberg, Germany.
Satenik HarutyunovaCentre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH at Heidelberg University Hospital, Röntgenstraße 1, 69126, Heidelberg, Germany.
Nicola BenjaminCentre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH at Heidelberg University Hospital, Röntgenstraße 1, 69126, Heidelberg, Germany.
Amina SalkićCentre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH at Heidelberg University Hospital, Röntgenstraße 1, 69126, Heidelberg, Germany.
Panagiota XanthouliCentre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH at Heidelberg University Hospital, Röntgenstraße 1, 69126, Heidelberg, Germany.
Christina A EichstaedtCentre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH at Heidelberg University Hospital, Röntgenstraße 1, 69126, Heidelberg, Germany.
Rebekka SeegerCentre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH at Heidelberg University Hospital, Röntgenstraße 1, 69126, Heidelberg, Germany.
Olivier SitbonDepartment of Respiratory Diseases, Bicêtre Hospital, Paris-Saclay University, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
Ekkehard GrünigCentre for Pulmonary Hypertension, Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH at Heidelberg University Hospital, Röntgenstraße 1, 69126, Heidelberg, Germany. ekkehard.gruenig@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
University Hospital Heidelberg · DEHeidelberg University · DEGerman Center for Lung Research · DEUniversité Paris-Saclay · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEpoprostenol AS (Veletri

methodsPulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients at high risk despite pretreatment with at least double oral combination therapy and with clinical indication for epoprostenol (Veletri

resultsFifteen patients (60 ± 13.7 years, WHO functional class III (n = 10) or IV (n = 5), severely impaired right ventricular function, mean pulmonary arterial pressure 54.8 ± 8.9 mmHg, mean pulmonary vascular resistance 4.4 ± 0.7 (median 3.8) Wood Units) were enrolled and treated with a mean dosage of 7.9 ± 3.9 (median 7.5) ng/kg/min. Eleven patients completed the study (treatment withdrawal n = 1, death n = 3). After a mean follow-up of 19.1 ± 13.5 (median 18.0) months, seven patients died and three were listed for lung transplantation. Seven AEs (nausea n = 3, diarrhea n = 1, flushing n = 2, headaches n = 1) and three SAEs (catheter infection n = 2, catheter occlusion n = 1) were related to Veletri

conclusionsThe study showed that safety and tolerability of epoprostenol AS (Veletri

Indexed as

Hypertension, PulmonaryPulmonary Arterial HypertensionAntihypertensive AgentsEpoprostenolFamilial Primary Pulmonary HypertensionHumansProspective StudiesAntihypertensive AgentsEpoprostenolEpoprostenolPulmonary hypertensionVeletri

Identifiers

PMID36653855
PMCPMC9847036
OpenAlexW4317209276

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