Combination therapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension: do we have the right strategy?

Expert Rev Respir Med. 2011 Apr;5(2):191-205. doi: 10.1586/ers.11.13.

Abstract

The management of pulmonary hypertension has already incorporated the use of multiple therapies into routine practice. Available therapies act principally through vasodilatation of the pulmonary arterial circulation through well-delineated mechanisms, although right ventricular function determines function and prognosis. Therefore, the goal of these therapies is effectively to preserve right ventricular function through reducing right ventricular afterload. The clinical trial experience of combination therapy is limited and the optimal combinations and administration strategies have yet to be clarified.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Blood Pressure / drug effects
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / drug therapy
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vasodilation / drug effects
  • Ventricular Function, Right / drug effects

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents