REGIONAL PHARMACO-EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN KIROV REGION
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) has epidemiological features which prove need to develop registers of patients with such diseases. Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension is rare (orphan) disease with poor prognosis and great expenses for specific innovative therapy. The attention was focused on modern pharmacological group - nonspecific antagonists of endotelin receptors. Data on the actual prevalence and specific therapy of PAH in the Kirov Region are provided.