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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Systemic Hypertension</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Systemic Hypertension</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Системные гипертензии</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2075-082X</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2542-2189</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Intermedservice Ltd</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">28706</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.26442/SG28706</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Legochnaya gipertenziya pri khronicheskoy obstruktivnoy bolezni legkikh</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Легочная гипертензия при хронической обструктивной болезни легких</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Avdeev</surname><given-names>S N</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Авдеев</surname><given-names>С Н</given-names></name></name-alternatives><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en"></institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">НИИ пульмонологии Минздрава РФ, Москва</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2004-03-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>03</month><year>2004</year></pub-date><volume>1</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">NO1 (2004)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 1, №1 (2004)</issue-title><fpage>5</fpage><lpage>11</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2020-04-09"><day>09</day><month>04</month><year>2020</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2004, Consilium Medicum</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2004, ООО "Консилиум Медикум"</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2004</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Consilium Medicum</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">ООО "Консилиум Медикум"</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.eco-vector.com/2075-082X/article/view/28706">https://journals.eco-vector.com/2075-082X/article/view/28706</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Хроническая обструктивная болезнь легких (ХОБЛ) является одной из ведущих причин заболеваемости и смертности во всем мире. ХОБЛ определяют как заболевание, характеризующееся ограничением воздушного потока, которое не полностью обратимо; ограничение воздушного потока обычно прогрессирует и связано с патологическим воспалительным ответом дыхательных путей на повреждающие частицы или газы . Легочная гипертензия (ЛГ) и ее прямое следствие – хроническое легочное сердце – являются наиболее частыми и прогностически неблагоприятными осложнениями ХОБЛ.Медикаментозная терапия при вторичных ЛГ должна быть направлена прежде всего на терапию основного заболевания, т.е. в данном случае у больных ХОБЛ необходимо использовать в полном объеме все средства для максимального улучшения бронхиальной проходимости, контроля за воспалением дыхательных путей и оптимизации показателей газообмена.В течение последних лет появились несколько перспективных препаратов, эффективность которых уже доказана у больных с первичной ЛГ. К числу таких препаратов относятся аналоги простациклина (илопрост, трепростенил, беропрост), антагонисты рецепторов эндотелина (бозентан).С учетом значительного повышения у больных ХОБЛ уровня эндотелина в крови, существуют теоретические предпосылки для использования антагонистов рецепторов эндотелина при ЛГ у данных больных.</p></abstract></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Diseases (GOLD). Global strategy for diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. NHLBI/WHO workshop report. Publication Number 2701, April 2001; 1–100.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Weitzenblum E, Hirth C, Ducolone A et al. Prognostic value of pulmonary artery pressure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 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