Dr. Ari Chaouat

"Severe pulmonary hypertension is uncommon in patients with COPD," wrote Ari Chaouat, MD, a respiratory specialist at Hopital de Hautepierre in Strasbourg, France, and his fellow researchers.
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As severe PH occurs occasionally in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Chaouat and his team wanted to derive more knowledge about these co-existing ailments.Up to this point, "no detailed description of these patients" had been available, they wrote.

To clarify how often severe PH occurs in people with COPD, Chaouat and his team conducted a retrospective study of 27 patients with both illnesses.
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"The remaining eleven patients had COPD as the only cause of pulmonary hypertension," Chaouat and his colleagues reported.

Dr Ari Chaouat Hôpital de Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France

Dr Ari Chaouat
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Ari Chaouat is Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University Henri Poincaré, Nancy.He received the M.D. degree (1992) from the University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg.He is author or co-author of several journal articles, book chapters and abstracts and is member of the French network of Pulmonary Hypertension

"Severe pulmonary hypertension is uncommon in patients with COPD," wrote Ari Chaouat, MD, a respiratory specialist at Hopital de Hautepierre in Strasbourg, France, and his fellow researchers.
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As severe PH occurs occasionally in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Chaouat and his team wanted to derive more knowledge about these co-existing ailments.Up to this point, "no detailed description of these patients" had been available, they wrote.

To clarify how often severe PH occurs in people with COPD, Chaouat and his team conducted a retrospective study of 27 patients with both illnesses.
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"The remaining eleven patients had COPD as the only cause of pulmonary hypertension," Chaouat and his colleagues reported.
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2. Chaouat A, Bugnet AS, Kadaoui N et al. Severe pulmonary hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2005 Jul 15;172(2):189-94.Epub 2005 Apr 14.3. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.National Institutes of Health (NIH).