Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Can Respir J. 2011 May-Jun;18(3):e50-1. doi: 10.1155/2011/710489.
The present report describes two patients with long-term survival after being diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension more than 20 years earlier. Both patients were treated with calcium channel blockers for several years and are currently maintained on bosentan, an oral endothelin receptor antagonist. Severe dilation of the main pulmonary arteries is present in both patients and may be related to long-term survival with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.
本报告描述了两名患者,他们在被诊断为特发性肺动脉高压超过 20 年后长期存活。两名患者均接受了数年的钙通道阻滞剂治疗,目前正在使用波生坦(一种口服内皮素受体拮抗剂)进行维持治疗。两名患者的主肺动脉均存在严重扩张,这可能与特发性肺动脉高压的长期生存有关。