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. 2014 Aug 4;4(4):198.
doi: 10.4172/2161-105X.1000198.

Animal Models of Pulmonary Hypertension: Matching Disease Mechanisms to Etiology of the Human Disease

Kelley L Colvin  1 , Michael E Yeager  1
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Animal Models of Pulmonary Hypertension: Matching Disease Mechanisms to Etiology of the Human Disease

Kelley L Colvin et al. J Pulm Respir Med. .

Abstract

Recently a great deal of progress has been made in our understanding of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Research from the past 30 years has resulted in newer treatments that provide symptomatic improvements and delayed disease progression. Unfortunately, the cure for patients with this lethal syndrome remains stubbornly elusive. With the relative explosion of scientific literature regarding PH, confusion has arisen regarding animal models of the disease and their correlation to the human condition. This short review uniquely focuses on the clear and present need to better correlate mechanistic insights from existing and emerging animal models of PH to specific etiologies and histopathologies of human PH. A better understanding of the pathologic processes in various animal models and how they relate to the human disease should accelerate the development of newer and more efficacious therapies.

Keywords: Animal model; Pulmonary hypertension; Right heart failure; Therapy.

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