H. Olschewski (Graz, Austria), M. Bogdan (Bucharest, Romania)
Correlation between endothelial haemostatic markers in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease O. Korzh, S. Krasnokutskiy, G. Kotchuev (Kharkov, Ukraine)
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Acute effects of cigarette smoke on human isolated pulmonary artery contractility G. Juan, J. L. Montesinos, J. L. Ortiz, M. Ramon, A. Iranzo, B. Bedrina, R. Guijarro, J. Cortijo, E. Morcillo (Valencia, Spain)
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Smoking induced pulmonary vascular remodelling in patients with mild COPD O. Fira-Mladinescu, L. Vasile, C. Fira-Mladinescu, C. Bunu, D. Muntean, V. Tudorache, G. Mihalas (Timisoara, Romania)
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Study of the effects of chronic exposure to cigarette smoke in the rat E. Ferrer, V. I. Peinado, M. Díez, J. Ramírez, R. Rodriguez-Roisin, J. A. Barberà (Barcelona, Spain)
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Pulmonary hypertension and endothelial dysfunction in patients with COPD N. Karoli, A. Rebrov (Saratov, Russian Federation)
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TrkB expression is altered in hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension G. Kwapiszewska, K. Chwalek, L. Marsh, J. Wilhelm, R. Troesser, M. Wygrecka, J. Best, R. Schermuly, W. Seeger, N. Weissmann, O. Eickelberg, L. Fink (Giessen, Germany)
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Altered right ventricular pump function during exercise in COPD S. Holverda, H. Rietema, J. T. Marcus, N. Westerhof, P. Postmus, A. Vonk-Noordegraaf (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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Prognostic value of serum N-terminal brain natriuretic peptide type B for pulmonary hypertension among patients with usual interstitial pneumonia and sarcoidosis E. Popova, E. Kogan, I. Popova, A. Ponomarev, T. Anna, O. Vera (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Pulmonary hypertension in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: correlation to pulmonary function and exercise parameters A. Boutou, G. Pitsiou, I. Trigonis, P. Kontou, E. Tsiata, D. Papakosta, E. Serasli, N. Papadopoulou, T. Kontakiotis, P. Argyropoulou, I. Stanopoulos (Thessaloniki, Greece)
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An investigation of pulmonary hypertension and COPD in women exposed to biomass smoke B. Sertogullarindan, B. Ozbay, S. Asker, M. Asker, M. Tuncer (Van, Turkey)
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Pathomorphosis of COPD due to pesticides effect in relation to studying of apoptosis and proliferation K. Ubaydullaeva, S. Arifkhanova, I. Akhatov (Tashkent, Uzbekistan)
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Tobacco smoking and pulmonary endothelial dysfunction P. Henno, J. F. Boitiaux, C. Maurey, C. Danel, F. Barthes, C. Delclaux, M. Levy, D. Israel-Biet (Paris, France)
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Exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: effects of oxygen S. Pouwels-fry, S. Pouwels, C. Fournier, I. Tillie-Leblond, T. Le Tourneau, B. Wallaert (Lille, France)
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Scleroderma-related pulmonary hypertension and cardiac tamponade J. Chou, J. Dunne, P. Wilcox (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
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Angiogenesis and coagulation in the development of pulmonary hypertension in sarcoidosis E. Popova, E. Kogan, A. Ponomarev, I. Popova (Moscow, Russian Federation)
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Relevance of pulmonary hypertension (PH) in COPD: prevalence of resting and exercise-induced PH at different GOLD stages B. A. Marzluf, B. Burian, K. Vonbank, L. Stiebellehner, W. Mosgoeller, V. Petkov (Vienna, Austria)
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Cigarette smoke upregulates heme oxygenase-1 and releases interleukin-8 in human pulmonary artery endothelial cells G. Juan, J. L. Montesinos, J. L. Ortiz, M. Ramon, A. Iranzo, B. Bedrina, M. Losada, R. Guijarro, J. Cortijo, E. Morcillo (Valencia, Spain)
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Precapillary pulmonary hypertension induced by aorto-caval shunt leads to a reversible bronchial hyperreactivity in rats B. S. von Ungern-Sternberg, A. Regli, F. Petak, M. Beghetti, W. Habre (Geneva, Switzerland; Szeged, Hungary)
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Long-term effect of sildenafil on exercise capacity in COPD patients H. Rietema, S. Holverda, H. J. Bogaard, A. Boonstra, P. Postmus, A. Vonk-Noordegraaf (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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