Research has played a critical role in the advancement of care in patients with pulmonary hypertension. Studies suggest that enrollment into clinical trials is beneficial to participating patients1 and that institutions participating in clinical trials have better disease-related outcomes.2 I frequently tell my mentees that involvement in clinical research makes you a more thoughtful clinician and that working as a clinician makes you a savvier clinical researcher. This issue of Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension, guest edited by Drs. Cascino, Gomberg-Maitland and Pullamsetti, tackles several critical topics in pulmonary hypertension research.
Much has been learned