Luis Jara-Palomares, from Seville, Spain, joins us at ERS 2019 in Madrid, to discuss the main findings from his study into the significance of environmental factors in pulmonary embolism and pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Questions
1. What are the major causes of pulmonary embolism and pulmonary arterial hypertension? (0:06)
2. What is known about the impact of air pollution on pulmonary embolism and pulmonary arterial hypertension? (0:53)
3. What other environmental risk factors for pulmonary embolism/pulmonary arterial hypertension have been identified? (1:50)
4. What are the possible mechanisms underlying these environmental risk factors? (2:37)
5. What are the key take-home messages of your presentation? (3:14)
Speaker disclosures: Luis Jara-Palomares has nothing to disclose in relation to this video interview.
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Filmed at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress 2019, Madrid, Spain.
