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Effects of exercise and vasodilators on cerebral tissue oxygenation in pulmonary hypertension.
Arterial and thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (PH) lead to arterial hypoxaemia. ⋯ In PH-patients but not in controls CTO decreased during exercise. Since CTO was an independent predictor of the work load achieved and the 6MWD cerebral hypoxia may contribute to exercise limitation in PH. Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01463514.