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Giuseppe G. Pietra
Researcher at University of Pennsylvania
Publications - 65
Citations - 8043
Giuseppe G. Pietra is an academic researcher from University of Pennsylvania. The author has contributed to research in topics: Pulmonary hypertension & Lung. The author has an hindex of 34, co-authored 65 publications receiving 7723 citations. Previous affiliations of Giuseppe G. Pietra include Vanderbilt University Medical Center & Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
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Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease and its response to vasodilator agents.
TL;DR: Three patients with PVOD are described; in two of them, diagnosis was established by open lung biopsy, and all three patients underwent right heart catheterization and acute vasodilator testing, and each responded favorably to at least one test agent.
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Survival in Patients with Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
Gilbert E. D'Alonzo,Robyn J. Barst,Stephen M. Ayres,Edward H. Bergofsky,Bruce H. Brundage,Katherine M. Detre,Alfred P. Fishman,Roberta M. Goldring,Berton M. Groves,Janet T. Kernis,Paul S. Levy,Giuseppe G. Pietra,Lynne Reid,John T. Reeves,Stuart Rich,Carol E. Vreim,George W. Williams,Margaret Wu +17 more
TL;DR: The primary aim is to characterize mortality in persons diagnosed with primary pulmonary hypertension and to investigate factors associated with survival.
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Permeability of pulmonary endothelium to neutral and charged macromolecules
TL;DR: Whether molecular charge influences the movement of macromolecules from plasma to lymph in lungs and the role of the capillary endothelium in mediating this effect is examined and it is found that the distribution of anionic sites on the surface of thecapillary endot Helium is not uniform.
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Acrylic resin pneumoconiosis: report of a case in a dental student.
Tracy E. Barrett,Giuseppe G. Pietra,Robert L. Maycock,Milton D. Rossman,Justina M. Minda,Lewis W. Johns +5 more
TL;DR: A 27-yr-old dental student who was found to have bilateral basal pulmonary interstitial infiltrates and nodules on a chest roentgenogram after a brief episode of upper respiratory infection is described.
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Lepidic intrapulmonary growth of malignant mesothelioma presenting as recurrent hydropneumothorax.
TL;DR: This case illustrates clinically, the importance of a high index of suspicion for malignancy in older patients with unexplained recurrent hydropneumothorax; and histologically the potential of malignant mesothelioma to invade the lung at an early stage of growth.