Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Pulmonary Idiopathic Arterial Hypertension

Exclusion Criteria

• •Pulmonary hypertension as a result of heart disease, pulmonary disease, sleep-associated disorders, chronic thromboembolic disease, autoimmune or collagen vascular disease, HIV infection, liver disease, major bleeding requiring blood transfusion,renal dysfunction, and evidence for malignant diseases were excluded.