Phaware, a global advocacy organization, is launching a special podcast series to raise awareness of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) caused by the use of methamphetamine, a stimulant drug known for its psychoactive effects. Methamphetamine-induced PAH is now known simply as Meth-PAH. The six-episode series, part of the “…
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Pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA), a surgery to remove blood clots in individuals with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), may be more effective in improving pulmonary circulation and heart function than balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA), according to a recent study. After treatment, a higher proportion of patients in the BPA group…
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) can feel like a hand is squeezing my lungs, and my arteries are tentacles of fire. Sometimes I feel like a large iron block is sitting atop my heart, squashing it and causing heart failure. The pressure can get intense. This disabled heart of mine is…
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