In addition to physical challenges, living with a complex condition like pulmonary hypertension (PH) also means fighting mental and emotional battles. I constantly feel a push and pull between frustration and gratitude. But these are moments that can teach me a lot about myself and the people I love.
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Implantation of the Aeson Total Artificial Heart — a device from Carmat designed to mimic the heart’s function — was able to help three advanced heart failure patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) to become eligible for a heart transplant. The patients, who had previously been considered transplant-ineligible due…
Activation of an immune signaling molecule called STAT6 may lead to pulmonary hypertension (PH) in people with oxygen deprivation due to obstructive sleep apnea, according to a recent study in mice. Obstructive sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder characterized by chronic intermittent hypoxia, or repeated episodes of stopping…
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