pulmonary arterial hypertension
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: patients with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension who are refractory for conventional therapies such as PGIS, Ca-blocker, bosentan, and sildenafil
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: patients who can not express subjective symptoms, can not be evaluated through objective improvement, have the decreased number of platelet (less than 30000), have critical anemia (Hb<7.0), have critical liver cirrhosis, are during pregnancy or during lactation, or have critical left heart disease
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| subjective symptom (WHO functional classification), 6 minutes walk test, echocardiography, right heart catheterization, serum BNP level | — |
Countries
Japan