Reduced haemodynamic coupling and exercise are associated with vascular stiffening in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Alessandro Bellofiore; Eric Dinges; Robert Naeije; Hamorabi Mkrdichian; Lauren Beussink-Nelson; Melissa Bailey; Michael J Cuttica; Ranya Sweis; James R Runo; Jon G Keevil; Christopher J Francois; Sanjiv J Shah; Naomi C Chesler

doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2016-309906

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Pulmonary vascular disease

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Reduced haemodynamic coupling and exercise are associated with vascular stiffening in pulmonary arterial hypertension

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Alessandro Bellofiore Department of Biomedical, Chemical and Materials Engineering, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Eric Dinges Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Robert Naeije Department of Cardiology, Erasme University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Hamorabi Mkrdichian Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lauren Beussink-Nelson Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Melissa Bailey Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Michael J Cuttica Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ranya Sweis Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
James R Runo Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jon G Keevil Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Christopher J Francois Department of Radiology, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sanjiv J Shah Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Naomi C Chesler Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Naomi C Chesler, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2146 Engineering Centers Building, 1550 Engineering Drive, Madison WI 53706-1609, USA; naomi.chesler{at}wisc.edu

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Bellofiore A, Dinges E, Naeije R, et al

Reduced haemodynamic coupling and exercise are associated with vascular stiffening in pulmonary arterial hypertension

Heart 2017;103:421-427.

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Received April 29, 2016
Revised August 3, 2016
Accepted August 4, 2016
First published August 26, 2016.

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October 25, 2017

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