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	Horst OLSCHEWSKI, MD, PhD Characterization of the vascular phenotype in COPD: Are there gender differences?
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 15, A-8036 Graz; phone: +43-316-385 80631, fax: +43-316-385 13578, ✉ e-mail
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List of publications:

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10 most significant publications:

1. Douschan P, Kovacs G, Avian A, Foris V, Gruber F, Olschewski A, Olschewski H: Mild Elevation of Pulmonary Arterial Pressure as a Predictor of Mortality. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2018; 197(4):​509–516.
2. Crnkovic S, Egemnazarov B, Damico R, Marsh LM, Nagy BM, Douschan P, Atsina K, Kolb TM, Mathai SC, Hooper JE, Ghanim B, Klepetko W, Fruhwald F, Lassner D, Olschewski A, Olschewski H, Hassoun PM, Kwapiszewska G: Disconnect between Fibrotic Response and Right Ventricular Dysfunction. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2019; 199(12):​1550–1560.
3. Nathan SD, Barbera JA, Gaine SP, Harari S, Martinez FJ, Olschewski H, Olsson KM, Peacock AJ, Pepke-Zaba J, Provencher S, Weissmann N, Seeger W: Pulmonary hypertension in chronic lung disease and hypoxia. Eur Respir J, 2019; 53(1):​1801914.
4. Rhodes CJ, Batai K, Bleda M, Haimel M, Southgate L, Germain M, Pauciulo MW, Hadinnapola C, Aman J, Girerd B, Arora A, Knight J, Hanscombe KB, Karnes JH, Kaakinen M, Gall H, Ulrich A, Harbaum L, Cebola I, Ferrer J, Lutz K, Swietlik EM, Ahmad F, Amouyel P, Archer SL, Argula R, Austin ED, Badesch D, Bakshi S, Barnett C, Benza R, Bhatt N, Bogaard HJ, Burger CD, Chakinala M, Church C, Coghlan JG, Condliffe R, Corris PA, Danesino C, Debette S, Elliott CG, Elwing J, Eyries M, Fortin T, Franke A, Frantz RP, Frost A, Garcia JGN, Ghio S, Ghofrani HA, Gibbs JSR, Harley J, He H, Hill NS, Hirsch R, Houweling AC, Howard LS, Ivy D, Kiely DG, Klinger J, Kovacs G, Lahm T, Laudes M, Machado RD, MacKenzie Ross RV, Marsolo K, Martin LJ, Moledina S, Montani D, Nathan SD, Newnham M, Olschewski A, Olschewski H, Oudiz RJ, Ouwehand WH, Peacock AJ, Pepke-Zaba J, Rehman Z, Robbins I, Roden DM, Rosenzweig EB, Saydain G, Scelsi L, Schilz R, Seeger W, Shaffer CM, Simms RW, Simon M, Sitbon O, Suntharalingam J, Tang H, Tchourbanov AY, Thenappan T, Torres F, Toshner MR, Treacy CM, Vonk Noordegraaf A, Waisfisz Q, Walsworth AK, Walter RE, Wharton J, White RJ, Wilt J, Wort SJ, Yung D, Lawrie A, Humbert M, Soubrier F, Trégouët DA, Prokopenko I, Kittles R, Gräf S, Nichols WC, Trembath RC, Desai AA, Morrell NW, Wilkins MR; UK NIHR BioResource Rare Diseases Consortium; UK PAH Cohort Study Consortium; US PAH Biobank Consortium: Genetic determinants of risk in pulmonary arterial hypertension: international genome-wide association studies and meta-analysis. Lancet Respir Med, 2019; 7(3):​227–238.
5. Olschewski H, Behr J, Bremer H, Claussen M, Douschan P, Halank M, Held M, Hoeper MM, Holt S, Klose H, Krüger S, Lange TJ, Reichenberger F, Skowasch D, Ulrich S, Wilkens H, Seeger W: Pulmonary hypertension due to lung diseases: Updated recommendations from the Cologne Consensus Conference 2018. Int J Cardiol, 2018; 272S:​63–68.
6. Hoffmann J, Wilhelm J, Marsh LM, Ghanim B, Klepetko W, Kovacs G, Olschewski H, Olschewski A, Kwapiszewska G: Distinct differences in gene expression patterns in pulmonary arteries of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with pulmonary hypertension. Am J Respir Crit Care Med, 2014; 190(1):​98–111.
7. Grünig E, Tiede H, Enyimayew EO, Ehlken N, Seyfarth HJ, Bossone E, D’Andrea A, Naeije R, Olschewski H, Ulrich S, Nagel C, Halank M, Fischer C: Assessment and prognostic relevance of right ventricular contractile reserve in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension. Circulation, 2013; 128(18):​2005–2015.
8. Kovacs G, Maier R, Aberer E, Brodmann M, Graninger W, Kqiku X, Scheidl S, Tröster N, Hesse C, Rubin L, Olschewski H: Pulmonary arterial hypertension therapy may be safe and effective in patients with systemic sclerosis and borderline pulmonary artery pressure. Arthritis Rheum, 2012; 64(4):​1257–1262.
9. Kovacs G, Olschewski A, Berghold A, Olschewski H: Pulmonary vascular resistances during exercise in normal subjects: a systematic review. Eur Respir J, 2012; 39(2):​319–328.
10. Olschewski H, Simonneau G, Galiè N, Higenbottam T, Naeije R, Rubin LJ, Nikkho S, Speich R, Hoeper MM, Behr J, Winkler J, Sitbon O, Popov W, Ghofrani HA, Manes A, Kiely DG, Ewert R, Meyer A, Corris PA, Delcroix M, Gomez-Sanchez M, Siedentop H, Seeger W; Aerosolized Iloprost Randomized Study Group: Inhaled iloprost for severe pulmonary hypertension. N Engl J Med, 2002; 347(5):​322–329.

29.07.2020 RESPImmun · Doctoral Programme “Immune Modulation in Respiratory Diseases”