Population
Patients with mitral stenosis and pulmonary hypertension
Design
Review
Authors
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Leaves unresolved whether arteriolar resistance in mitral stenosis PH is compensatory or fixed; further mechanistic studies needed before practice implications.
The paper reviews the mechanisms of pulmonary hypertension in mitral stenosis, debating whether increased arteriolar resistance is a protective compensatory mechanism or primarily due to anatomical narrowing.
Davies et al. (1954) studied this question.
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