Does the diastolic pulmonary gradient predict survival in patients with pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease?
In this retrospective study of patients with cardiomyopathy and PH-LHD, an elevated DPG was not associated with worse survival.
SGA, premature, and twin children are insulin resistant and have low plasma TNF-alpha and cortisol levels. We speculate that the mechanism leading to insulin resistance in these subjects is also suppressing plasma TNF-alpha and cortisol concentrations.