Noninvasive Measurement of Cardiac Output in Pulmonary Hypertension Using Inert Gas Rebreathing The study hypothesis is that accuracy of CO measurement by IGR does not differ from classical CO measurement methods such as thermodilution or direct Fick method. This is why the study aim...

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Database for Clinical and Anamnestic Data in Pulmonary Hypertension Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is defined as a pulmonary arterial mean pressure (meanPAP) ≥ 25 mmHg measured in the right heart catheterization. There are different forms of PH defined in th...

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Non-invasive Diagnostics of Pulmonary Hypertension With Dual Energy Computed Tomography The aim of the study is to determine relevant hemodynamic parameters for the diagnostics of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) by dynamic contrast enhanced dual-energy CT (DE-CT). In th...

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FeNO After Hypoxia in Asthma Patients Stable Asthma patients (GINA 1-2) stay 6 days in a row for 4 hours per day in a hypoxic chamber simulating 2800m above sea level. Study participants will be blinded to the treatment given ...

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Non-invasive Diagnostics of Pulmonary Hypertension With Dual Energy Computed Tomography The aim of the study is to determine relevant hemodynamic parameters for the diagnostics of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) by dynamic contrast enhanced dual-energy CT (DE-CT). In th...

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Hemodynamic Changes in Connective Tissue Disease The study serves the identification of early forms of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in connective tissue disease and the hemodynamic follow-up of the investigated patients. The bas...

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Early Detection of Pulmonary- and Pulmonary Vascular Disease in Sjögren Syndrome According to the literature available pulmonary hypertension is present in 12 to 23% of patients suffering from Sjögren Syndrome. However epidemiological data are based on non-invasive mea...

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Standardization of 6 Minute Walk Test The 6 minute walk (6MW) gives information about the exercise capacity and it is an important tool for clinical decisions and for the prognostic evaluation of PH patients. The test is techn...

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Early Therapy of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Exercise-induced increase of the pulmonary arterial pressure may be an early sign of pulmonary arterial hypertension. It has been shown that patients with normal pulmonary arterial pressur...

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The Early Recognition of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension The early detection of pulmonary arterial hypertension may help to improve prognosis of the disease. It is assumed that in the early stages of pulmonary arterial hypertension, pulmonary ar...

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