According to an article entitled “Mosaic Pattern of Lung Attenuation on Chest CT in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension”  published in the journal Disease on September 7, 2015 and authored by Kamonpun Ussavarungsi et al., a mosaic lung attenuation pattern can be observed in the chest…
A recent review, entitled “Medical treatment update on pulmonary arterial hypertension,” presents the latest research for three new drugs that have been approved by the US FDA to treat PAH. The review, which is published in Therapeutic Advances in Chronic Disease, highlights the mechanisms of action for the…
It was once thought among doctors that patients with pulmonary hypertension, many of whom can’t even walk a short distance without being short of breath, shouldn’t exercise.  Pulmonary hypertension is a disease that leads to high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. When this occurs, the right side of the…
An 18 year-long prospective study on the length of television watching and the risk of pulmonary embolism revealed a positive correlation between the length of time a person watches television per day and the risk of developing a possibly fatal pulmonary embolism. The study was presented at the …
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