Description of Research Expertise

Clinical studies of the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary vascular disease and pulmonary thromboembolic disease.

Selected Publications

Alam, S and Palevsky, HP.: Pulmonary hypertension and acute right heart failure. Respiratory Emergencies Chapter 13E : 375-403,2006.

Palevsky, HI and Fishman, AP.: Diagnosis and assessment of pulmonary hypertension. Theory and Practice of Vascular Medicine : (in press).

Palevsky, HI.: Pulmonary hypertension. The Pocket Doctor, 3rd edition, : (in press).

Archer-Chicko, C, Housten-Harris, T, Palevsky, HI.: Practical nursing issues in the outpatient management of pulmonary vascular disease. Pulmonary Vascular Disease Chapter 21 : 314,2006.

Kawut, S. M., Taichman, D.B., Ahya, V. N., Kaplan Sandra, Archer-Chicko, C.L. Kimmel, S. E. Palevsky, H. I.:: Hemodynamics and survival of patients with portopulmonary hypertension. Liver Transplantation 11 (9): 1107-11,2005.

Taichman, D.B., Christie, J., Biester, R., Mortensen, J., White, J., Kaplan, S., Hansen-Flaschen, J., Palevsky, H.I., Elliott, C.G., and Hopkins, R.O.: Validation of a brief telephone battery for neurocognitive assessment of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Respir. Res. 6 (1): 2005.

Taichman DB, Palevsky, H.I.: Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension with the Endothelin Receptor Antagonist Bosentan. Clin. Pulmonary Medicine 12 : 121-127.,2005.

Taichman, D.B., Shin, J., Hud, L., Archer-Chicko, C., Kaplan, S., Sager, J.S., Gallop, R., Christie, J., Hansen-Flaschen, J. and Palevsky, H.I: Health-related quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Respir. Res. 6 (92): 2005.

Taichman, D.B., Christie, J., Biester, R., Mortensen, J., Kaplan, S., Hansen-Flaschen, J., Palevsky, H.I., Elliott, C.G., and Hopkins, R.O.: Validation of a brief telephone battery for neurocognitive assessment of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society 2 : A205,2005.

Taichman, D.B., Shin, J., Hud, L., Archer-Chicko, C., Kaplan, S., Gallop, R., Christie, J., Hansen-Flaschen, J. and Palevsky, H.I.: Health-related quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension CHEST 128 : 292S,2005.

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