Associations between diabetes mellitus and pulmonary hypertension in chronic respiratory disease patients.

Tomoko TakahashiAkiomi YoshihisaKoichi SugimotoTetsuro YokokawaTomofumi MisakaTakashi KaneshiroMasayoshi OikawaAtsushi KobayashiKazuhiko NakazatoTakafumi IshidaYasuchika Takeishi

Published in: PloS one (2018)

DM is potentially associated with PH and is an independent factor for prediction of PH in patients with chronic respiratory disease.

Keyphrases

pulmonary hypertension
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
glycemic control
type diabetes
pulmonary arterial hypertension
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
drug induced