Through every up and down of my 19 years living with pulmonary hypertension (PH), one thing I could always rely on was my mom’s little black notebook. Without fail, she would pull it out of her bag at the beginning of every doctor appointment, pen in hand. The notebook…
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A noninvasive measure of heart and blood vessel function called the TAPSE/sPAP ratio can help doctors objectively assess the severity of day-to-day symptoms in people with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), according to a new study. Researchers found that lower ratio values closely mirror greater physical limitations in patients, providing…
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A measurement taken by heart MRI was linked to several invasive measures used to assess pulmonary hypertension (PH), a new study shows. The measurement, known as T2RV/LV, “represents a highly promising non-invasive biomarker for risk stratification, disease monitoring, and assessment of treatment response in PH,” the researchers wrote. They…
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Pulmonary hypertension (PH) has changed what I consider an accomplishment — and maybe that isn’t such a bad thing. Living with PH has taught me that progress does not have to be dramatic to be worth celebrating. Walking a little farther, recovering a little faster, adjusting to a…
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