2009
Gaucher disease: Resetting the clinical and scientific agenda
Mistry PK, Weinreb NJ, Brady RO, Grabowski GA. Gaucher disease: Resetting the clinical and scientific agenda. American Journal Of Hematology 2009, 84: 205-207. PMID: 19296473, PMCID: PMC2999876, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.21384.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2002
Pulmonary hypertension in type 1 Gaucher’s disease: genetic and epigenetic determinants of phenotype and response to therapy
Mistry PK, Sirrs S, Chan A, Pritzker MR, Duffy TP, Grace ME, Meeker DP, Goldman ME. Pulmonary hypertension in type 1 Gaucher’s disease: genetic and epigenetic determinants of phenotype and response to therapy. Molecular Genetics And Metabolism 2002, 77: 91-98. PMID: 12359135, DOI: 10.1016/s1096-7192(02)00122-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType 1 Gaucher's diseaseSevere pulmonary hypertensionLife-threatening pulmonary hypertensionRight ventricular systolic pressurePulmonary hypertensionGaucher diseaseAsymptomatic pulmonary hypertensionCharacteristics of patientsHigh-risk patientsVentricular systolic pressureEnzyme gene polymorphismACE I alleleAdditional genetic factorsLung transplantationUntreated patientsTransplant candidatesConsecutive patientsSystolic pressureTertiary referralDoppler echocardiographyReplacement therapyClinical spectrumPoor complianceGD patientsGBA mutationsFailure of resting echocardiography and cardiac catheterization to identify pulmonary hypertension in two patients with type I Gaucher disease
Sirrs S, Irving J, McCauley G, Gin K, Munt B, Pastores G, Mistry P. Failure of resting echocardiography and cardiac catheterization to identify pulmonary hypertension in two patients with type I Gaucher disease. Journal Of Inherited Metabolic Disease 2002, 25: 131-132. PMID: 12118528, DOI: 10.1023/a:1015680827730.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultCardiac CatheterizationEchocardiographyFalse Negative ReactionsFemaleGaucher DiseaseHumansHypertension, PulmonaryMaleConceptsDiagnosis of PHPulmonary hypertensionCardiac catheterizationEvidence of PHNormal pulmonary artery pressureOpen lung biopsyPulmonary artery pressureArtery pressureDobutamine echocardiographyLung biopsyEchocardiographic assessmentReplacement therapyPatient managementPatientsEchocardiographyGaucher diseaseGaucher patientsDiseaseHypertensionCatheterizationType IDiagnosisComplicationsBiopsyTherapy