Pulmonary hypertension in patients with sarcoidosis is associated with poor prognosis, despite treatment with a targeted therapy, a new study…
Iqra Mumal, MSc
Iqra holds a MSc in Cellular and Molecular Medicine from the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Canada. She also holds a BSc in Life Sciences from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. Currently, she is completing a PhD in Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology from the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada. Her research has ranged from across various disease areas including Alzheimer’s disease, myelodysplastic syndrome, bleeding disorders and rare pediatric brain tumors.
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Articles by Iqra Mumal, MSc
Blocking the enzyme phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) is a potential new therapeutic strategy to treat early pulmonary hypertension (PH) in…
Patients with a disease that causes abnormal blood vessel formation in skin, mucous membranes and some organs are at risk…
The European Patent Office has issued a notice of allowance to the biopharmaceutical company SteadyMed for its enhanced infusion-site pain…
IV delivery of stem cells to rats with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) reduced the animals’ harmful lung blood vessel remodeling and…
Revatio Linked to Worse Outcomes in PH Patients with Valvular Heart Disease, Trial Results Indicate
The use of Revatio (sildenafil)Â to treat pulmonary hypertension in patients with valvular heart disease leads to worse clinical outcomes…
Actelion’s Uptravi (selexipag) delays the progression of pulmonary arterial hypertension that stems from connective tissue disease, a follow-up analysis…
Estrogen inhibitors may treat pulmonary vascular disease by correcting metabolic defects in women with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), say researchers at…
A new study shows that CMR (cardiovascular magnetic resonance)Â fluoroscopy-guided heart catheterization is a safe method with an appropriate procedure time,…