Respiratory rehabilitation is safe and can help improve exercise capacity in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with or without pulmonary hypertension (PH), a study reported. A rehab program “demonstrated effectiveness in improving [exercise capacity] for COPD patients, regardless of the echocardiographic probability of PH,” the researchers…
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Testing a pregnant woman’s levels of a protein linked to changes in the heart’s size and shape may help identify expectant mothers with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who are at high risk of serious complications after childbirth, a new study in China shows. The researchers found that levels of…
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I live with pulmonary hypertension (PH), and I frequently ignore my own advice. As time goes on, those of us with PH become more in tune with our bodies and learn how to pace ourselves. We remember to take our medications as directed, manage fluid retention, and maintain…
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Corvista Health says a new billing code for use in the U.S., to take effect next year, will allow its noninvasive, point-of-care CorVista-PH test — used by clinicians to diagnose pulmonary hypertension (PH) — to be employed more widely, and earlier, to help identify people with heart-related conditions.
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