An interventional study of Blood draw in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, sponsored by Northwell Health. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2011-06-23.
Sponsored by Northwell Health · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic
The investigators hypothesize that baseline plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and migration inhibitory factor (MIF) levels are surrogate markers of clinical severity of PAH and that changes in plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) and MIF levels pre and post exercise.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Other: Blood draw
Venous and Arterial Blood draw samples; 6 Minute Walk test
Assess the correlation of plasma/arterial BNP and MIF levels pre/post with the 6 Minute walk test distance and echocardiographic parameters as surrogate markers of severity of PAH.
Time frame: 2 year
To determine if changes in plasma/arterial MIF levels pre/post 6MW test are due to MIF released from the lungs
Time frame: 2 year
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