Radiation to Illuminate the Path of Neuromodulation for Pulmonary Hypertension

Karl-Philipp Rommel^{1

2}, Lukas Hobohm^{3

4}, Alexander M K Rothman^{4

5}, Philipp Lurz³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Heart Center at University of Leipzig and Leipzig Heart Institute, Leipzig, Germany.
² Cardiovacular Research Foundation, New York, New York, USA.
³ Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
⁴ Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
⁵ Division of Clinical Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Editorial

Karl-Philipp Rommel et al. JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2024.

. 2024 Feb 26;9(2):257-259.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacbts.2023.11.010. eCollection 2024 Feb.

Karl-Philipp Rommel^{1

2}, Lukas Hobohm^{3

4}, Alexander M K Rothman^{4

5}, Philipp Lurz³

¹ Department of Cardiology, Heart Center at University of Leipzig and Leipzig Heart Institute, Leipzig, Germany.
² Cardiovacular Research Foundation, New York, New York, USA.
³ Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
⁴ Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany.
⁵ Division of Clinical Medicine, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Keywords: noninvasive stereotactic body radiotherapy; pulmonary arterial hypertension; pulmonary artery; pulmonary artery denervation.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

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