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

BACKGROUND:Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a common complication of chronic respiratory disease. Recent studies have reported diabetes mellitus (DM) to be a poor prognostic factor in patients with chronic respiratory disease, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or interstitial pneumoniae....

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Main Authors: Tomoko Takahashi, Akiomi Yoshihisa, Koichi Sugimoto, Tetsuro Yokokawa, Tomofumi Misaka, Takashi Kaneshiro, Masayoshi Oikawa, Atsushi Kobayashi, Kazuhiko Nakazato, Takafumi Ishida, Yasuchika Takeishi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6177140?pdf=render