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Ongoing and Completed Clinical Trials in Pulmonary Hypertension Are Driving the Need for New Practice Guidelines: Presented at CHEST

News - Ongoing and Completed Clinical Trials in Pulmonary Hypertension Are Driving the Need for New Practice Guidelines: Presented at CHEST

By Amanda Strong

MONTREAL, CANADA -- November 4, 2005 -- It's been only a year since the last revision of the evidence-based practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of pulmonary hypertension, but already much has changed.

"Because treatments have been evolving, we will be updating the treatment algorithm very soon," said Lewis J. Rubin, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States.

Dr. Rubin is chair of the international panel of experts who developed the guidelines. He said an update to the medical therapy section of the guidelines is expected to be available mid-2006.

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