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My support systems provide me with courage, sympathy, and compassion and help me to persevere in difficult moments. A large part of my support ... Read more
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Pulmonary Artery Denervation Can Improve CpcPH Patients’ Outcome, Trial Shows
Invasive pulmonary artery denervation is safe and can improve the outcome of patients with combined pre- and post-capillary pulmonary hypertension associated with left heart ... Read more -
Heart-lung Transplant Inspires Art, Valentines
The night before my heart-lung transplant, I was in my high school art studio working on an oil painting. I had started painting to ... Read more -
Ventavis Improves Right Ventricle Function in Certain PAH Patients, Study Shows
Acute treatment with Ventavis (iloprost) improves the heart’s right ventricular (RV) function in patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) and PAH associated ... Read more -
CHEST Releases Updated Guidelines for PAH Treatment
An updated guideline with new recommendations for the treatment of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) was released by the American College of Chest ... Read more
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Patients, Family and Friends to Take Part in Variety of Rare Disease Day Events Worldwide
Scores of events are afoot worldwide to mark Feb. 28, Rare Disease Day 2019. The activities ... -
Wireless Monitoring May Help Transition of Therapy in PAH, Study Suggests
An implantable wireless system may help guide the transition from medication administered intravenously — Remodulin ... -
Expressing Gratitude Instead of Apologizing
“I’m sorry you have to take these days out of work.” “I’m sorry for ... -
Generic Version of Adcirca to be Launched in US Under Brand Name ALYQ for PAH
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries announced the launch of a generic version of Adcirca (tadalafil) under the ... -
Toronto Partnership to Create Fast Diagnostic Tools to Assess Donated Lungs for Transplant
Plans to create and license diagnostic tools to help transplant surgeons rapidly and accurately ... -
Gratitude for an Unfair Life
I am particularly sensitive to feeling left out of activities with friends. This started ...
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Columns, Recharged and Rewired - a Column by Brittany Foster
“You just have to be patient.” I can’t begin to count how many times I’ve heard this throughout my years of managing chronic illness. Although I have 26 years of experience with doctor’s appointments, testing, surgeries, medications, and the ... Read more