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Fernando G. Torres

Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
Verified email at pucp.pe
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Definitions and diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension

…, D Langleben, A Manes, T Satoh, F Torres… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - jacc.org
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is defined by a mean pulmonary artery pressure ≥25 mm Hg
at rest, measured during right heart catheterization. There is still insufficient evidence to add …

Sorption of chemical contaminants on degradable and non-degradable microplastics: Recent progress and research trends

FG Torres, DC Dioses-Salinas… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics (<5 mm) are ubiquitous contaminants of growing concern. These have been
found in multiple environmental compartments, including remote sites where anthropogenic …

Diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension

…, A Manes, R Oudiz, T Satoh, F Torres… - European …, 2019 - Eur Respiratory Soc
A revised diagnostic algorithm provides guidelines for the diagnosis of patients with
suspected pulmonary hypertension, both prior to and following referral to expert centres, and …

Ambrisentan for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension: results of the ambrisentan in pulmonary arterial hypertension, randomized, double-blind, placebo …

N Galič, H Olschewski, RJ Oudiz, F Torres, A Frost… - Circulation, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— Ambrisentan is a propanoic acid–based, A-selective endothelin receptor
antagonist for the once-daily treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. Methods and Results…

Plasticity of the sensorimotor cortex representation of the reading finger in Braille readers

A Pascual-Leone, F Torres - Brain, 1993 - academic.oup.com
We studied the organization of the somatosensory cortex in proficient Braille readers, recording
somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) in 10 subjects and using transcranial magnetic …

Imatinib mesylate as add-on therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension: results of the randomized IMPRES study

…, T Satoh, G Simonneau, VF Tapson, F Torres… - Circulation, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Background— By its inhibitory effect on platelet-derived growth factor signaling, imatinib
could be efficacious in treating patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Methods …

Telomere shortening in familial and sporadic pulmonary fibrosis

…, C Xing, G Raghu, KM Chin, F Torres… - American journal of …, 2008 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Heterozygous mutations in the coding regions of the telomerase genes, TERT and
TERC, have been found in familial and sporadic cases of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia. …

[BOOK][B] Algebraic curves over a finite field

JWP Hirschfeld, G Korchmáros, F Torres - 2008 - books.google.com
This book provides an accessible and self-contained introduction to the theory of algebraic
curves over a finite field, a subject that has been of fundamental importance to mathematics …

[PDF][PDF] Genetic defects in surfactant protein A2 are associated with pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer

Y Wang, PJ Kuan, C Xing, JT Cronkhite, F Torres… - The American Journal of …, 2009 - cell.com
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a lethal scarring lung disease that affects older adults.
Heterozygous rare mutations in the genes encoding telomerase are found in ∼15% of …

Exome sequencing links mutations in PARN and RTEL1 with familial pulmonary fibrosis and telomere shortening

…, B Holohan, R Chen, M Choi, P Dharwadkar, F Torres… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an age-related disease featuring progressive lung
scarring. To elucidate the molecular basis of IPF, we performed exome sequencing of familial …