Review Article
Pulmonary Hypertension Secondary to COPD
Table 4
Various approaches to the treatment of PH in COPD.
| Counteract hyperinflation | Counteract pulmonary vasoconstriction | Counteract vascular remodeling | Counteract polycythemia |
| Bronchodilators | O2 | O2 | O2 | O2 | Pulmonary vasodilators | Pulmonary vasodilators | Phlebotomy | Sildenafil | | Statins | ARB | LVRS (unless PH severe) | | | | Lung transplantation | Smoking cessation |
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PH: pulmonary hypertension, O2: oxygen, LVRS: lung volume reduction surgery, ARB: angiotensin receptor blocker.
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