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 past history of thromboembolism, have the systemic hypertensive disease, have critical liver cirrhosis, are during pregnancy or during lactation, have critical left heart disease, or are receiving hemodialysis.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| subjective symptom (WHO functional classification), 6 minutes walk test, echocardiography, right heart catheterization, serum BNP level | — |
Countries
Japan