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Professor Konstantinos Dimopoulos

Faculty of Medicine, National Heart & Lung Institute

Professor of Practice (Adult Congenital Heart Disease)
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7352 8121 ext 82771k.dimopoulos02

 
 
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Location

 

Chelsea WingRoyal Brompton Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{D'Alto:2015:10.5339/gcsp.2015.42,
author = {D'Alto, M and Merola, A and Dimopoulos, K},
doi = {10.5339/gcsp.2015.42},
journal = {Global Cardiology Science and Practice},
title = {Pulmonary hypertension related to congenital heart disease: A comprehensive review},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/gcsp.2015.42},
volume = {2015},
year = {2015}
}
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RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB  - Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a serious complication of congenital heart disease, causing an increase in morbidity and mortality. The progressive and irreversible pulmonary vascular disease is more often the consequence of a significant, uncorrected, left-to-right shunt. The rise in pulmonary vascular resistance may lead to the reversal of the shunt and cyanosis, condition known as Eisenmenger syndrome. The management of this population is challenging and requires specific expertise both for diagnosis and follow-up. The progress in the understanding of the underlying pathophysiology of this condition has promoted recent pharmacological trials. New therapeutic options are now available that could improve the longterm prognosis and the quality of life of these patients, but several controversial points still remain and need to be addressed. 2015 ElMaghawry, licensee Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals.
AU  - D'Alto,M
AU  - Merola,A
AU  - Dimopoulos,K
DO  - 10.5339/gcsp.2015.42
PY  - 2015///
TI  - Pulmonary hypertension related to congenital heart disease: A comprehensive review
T2  - Global Cardiology Science and Practice
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5339/gcsp.2015.42
VL  - 2015
ER  -
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