People with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and their physicians hardly ever agree on the severity of symptoms, a study in the U.S., Europe and Japan reveals. Symptom discordance was more likely when PAH was more severe and was associated with worse health-related quality of life (HRQoL). “Physicians consistently under-recognized the…
Platelets, or cell fragments in blood that help stop or prevent bleeding, tend to cluster in lung blood vessels of people with decompensated pulmonary hypertension (PH), a lung disease characterized by sudden worsening of clinical signs of right heart failure, followed by other severe complications, a study has found.
Elevated blood levels of uric acid are associated with a higher risk of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) at the genetic level, a data study reported. “Overall, this study confirmed, from a genetic perspective, the causal relationship between serum UA [uric acid] levels and PAH,” the researchers wrote. They also…
The Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) will host two events the last weekend of October to raise awareness about pulmonary hypertension (PH), seek funding, and support the PH community in anticipation of PH Awareness Month, which happens every…
Treatment with mosliciguat, an inhaled medication given once-daily for pulmonary hypertension (PH), can safely reduce the resistance against blood flow in blood vessels of the lungs, according to a Phase 1 clinical trial. This reduction in pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) is one of the highest seen in PH…
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