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Author

This factsheet was written with help of ERS pulmonary arterial hypertension expert Prof. Marc Humbert. All material was read and reviewed by the ELF Advisory Board.

Information sources

Background information was taken from the following scientific papers:

Simonneau G, Galiè N, Rubin L, et al. Clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Volume 43, Issue 12, Pages S5-S12.

Humbert M, Sitbon O, Simonneau G. Treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. New England Journal of Medicine, Volume 351, Pages 1425-1436.

Humbert M, Sitbon O, Chaouat A, et al. Pulmonary arterial hypertension in France.  American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Volume 173, Pages 1023-1030.
 
 

Interesting links

European Association for Pulmonary Hyptertension (PHA Europe): a site with access to all PH organisations across Europe.
www.phaeurope.org

Pulmonary Hypertension Association USA (PHA Association).
www.phaassociation.org

ORPHANET: a site about all rare lung diseases, of which PH and PAH are included.
www.orpha.net

Pulmonary Hypertension Association UK (PHA UK).
www.pha-uk.com

HTAP France.
www.htapfrance.com

PAH Switzerland.
www.sgph.ch