A case series on the use of steroids and mycophenolate mofetil in idiopathic and heritable pulmonary veno-occlusive disease: is there a role for immunosuppression?
Carmel Bergbaum, Chinthaka B. Samaranayake, Alex Pitcher, Emma Weingart, Thomas Semple, Maria Kokosi, Athol U. Wells, David Montani, Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Colm McCabe, Aleksander Kempny, Carl Harries, Elizabeth Orchard, Stephen J. Wort, Laura Price
Abstract
<b>Patients with heritable and idiopathic PVOD have few therapeutic options. On suspicion of immune dysregulation, methylprednisolone or oral prednisolone then mycophenolate mofetil was trialled in three cases, with resulting clinical improvement/stability.</b>https://bit.ly/376mwR9
Topics & Concepts
MycophenolateMedicineImmunosuppressionPrednisoloneMethylprednisoloneImmune dysregulationDiseaseDermatologyGastroenterologyImmunologyInternal medicineTransplantationPulmonary Hypertension Research and TreatmentsVascular Anomalies and TreatmentsTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes