Pulmonary arterial hypertension in France: results from a national registry

M Humbert, O Sitbon, A Chaouat… - American journal of …, 2006 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is an orphan disease for which the trend
is for management in designated centers with multidisciplinary teams working in a shared-…

Survival in patients with idiopathic, familial, and anorexigen-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension in the modern management era

M Humbert, O Sitbon, A Chaouat, M Bertocchi… - Circulation, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Novel therapies have recently become available for pulmonary arterial
hypertension. We conducted a study to characterize mortality in a multicenter prospective cohort of …

Severe pulmonary hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

A Chaouat, AS Bugnet, N Kadaoui, R Schott… - American journal of …, 2005 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Severe pulmonary hypertension occurs occasionally in patients with chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but no detailed description of these patients is available. …

Pulmonary hypertension in COPD

A Chaouat, R Naeije… - European Respiratory …, 2008 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Mild-to-moderate pulmonary hypertension is a common complication of chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD); such a complication is associated with increased risks of …

Effects of beraprost sodium, an oral prostacyclin analogue, in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

…, M Delcroix, R Naeije, M Hoeper, A Chaouat… - Journal of the American …, 2002 - jacc.org
Objectives : The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of beraprost
sodium, an orally active prostacyclin analogue, in New York Heart Association (NYHA) …

Association of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and sleep apnea syndrome.

ARI Chaouat, E Weitzenblum, J Krieger… - American journal of …, 1995 - atsjournals.org
The association of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and sleep apnea syndrome
(SAS), which are both frequent diseases, is likely to occur in a number of patients. We …

Prognostic factors in COPD patients receiving long-term oxygen therapy: importance of pulmonary artery pressure

…, E Weitzenblum, E Quoix, G Moser, A Chaouat… - Chest, 1995 - Elsevier
Prognostic factors in COPD patients receiving long-term oxygen (LTO) therapy were
recently analyzed, but very few studies considered the prognostic value of pulmonary artery …

Risk assessment, prognosis and guideline implementation in pulmonary arterial hypertension

…, M Jevnikar, E Bergot, A Chaouat… - European …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Current European guidelines recommend periodic risk assessment for patients with
pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). The aim of our study was to determine the association …

The obesity-hypoventilation syndrome revisited: a prospective study of 34 consecutive cases

R Kessler, A Chaouat, P Schinkewitch, M Faller… - Chest, 2001 - Elsevier
Study objectives Obesity has many detrimental effects on the respiratory function and may
lead to chronic hypoventilation in some patients, an association known as the obesity-…

Pulmonary hemodynamics in the obstructive sleep apnea syndrome: results in 220 consecutive patients

A Chaouat, E Weitzenblum, J Krieger, M Oswald… - Chest, 1996 - Elsevier
We have investigated pulmonary hemodynamics in a large series of consecutive, unselected
patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). The aims of this study were to …