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Macitentan for the treatment of inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (MERIT-1): results from the multicentre, phase 2, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

Hossein Ardeschir Ghofrani, +76 more
- 01 Oct 2017 - 
- Vol. 5, Iss: 10, pp 785-794
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In MERIT-1, macitentan significantly improved PVR in patients with inoperable CTEPH and was well tolerated, and resting PVR at week 16, expressed as percentage of PVR measured at baseline.
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This article is published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.The article was published on 2017-10-01. It has received 189 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Macitentan & Placebo-controlled study.

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Does combination therapy work in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

TL;DR: Long-term overall survival of CTEPH patients receiving PH-specific medial therapy is very reasonable, and combination therapy showed similar survival as monotherapy.
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Evolution of randomized, controlled studies of medical therapy in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

TL;DR: The 16-week Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Soluble Guanylate Cyclase-Stimulator Study 1 (CHEST-1) study was the first to operationalize learnings, demonstrating a significant mean improvement in 6-minute walk distance and improvements in hemodynamic endpoints with riociguat versus placebo.
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Distal vessel pulmonary thromboendarterectomy: Results from a single institution.

TL;DR: In this paper , the most proximal level of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) resection (Level I (main pulmonary artery), Level II (lobar), Level III (segmental) and Level IV (subsegment) were compared to distal disease (Level III or IV bilaterally).
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Comparative Efficacy and Safety of Targeted Therapies for Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared all of the PAH-targeted medications that are used to treat chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and rank their efficacy by the application of network meta-analysis.
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Efficacy and safety of edoxaban in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: protocol for a multicentre, randomised, warfarin-controlled, parallel group trial - KABUKI trial

TL;DR: The KABUKI trial is an investigator-initiated, multicentre, phase 3, randomised, single-blind, parallel-group, warfarin-controlled, non-inferiority trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of edoxaban versus warfar in (vitamin K Antagonist) in subjects with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
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Special article2015 ESC/ERS Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension

TL;DR: This article is being published concurrently in the European Heart Journal and the European Respiratory Journal and is identical except for minor stylistic and spelling differences in keeping with each journal’s style.
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Inhaled iloprost for severe pulmonary hypertension.

TL;DR: Inhaled Iloprost is an effective therapy for patients with severe pulmonary hypertension and hemodynamic values were significantly improved at 12 weeks when measured after iloprost inhalation, and were significantly worse in the placebo group.
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