Pulmonary artery denervation (PADN), a procedure that targets overactive nerves involved in blood vessel constriction, significantly lessens high blood pressure…
Margarida Maia, PhD
Margarida is a biochemist (University of Porto, Portugal) with a PhD in biomedical sciences (VIB and KULeuven, Belgium). Her main interest is science communication. She is also passionate about design and the dialogue between art and science.
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Articles by Margarida Maia, PhD
Treatments approved for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) may reduce by half the risk of serious complications or death in…
Corvista Health’s point-of-care device, which can be used to predict pulmonary hypertension in a noninvasive way, also appears…
Celastrol, a herbal compound used in traditional Chinese medicine, may help prevent pulmonary hypertension associated with bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD-PH)…
Seralutinib, an inhaled therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in the pipeline of Gossamer Bio, continues to reduce…
People with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) seen to be at an intermediate risk of death — whether in the…
An oxygen-sensing protein called hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha, or HIF-1alpha, may contribute to worsening pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and is a…
Children with pulmonary hypertension (PH), characterized by high blood pressure in the lungs that can make exercising difficult, are…
Having fewer very fine blood vessels in the fold of skin at the base of the fingernails appears to be…
Tyvaso (inhaled treprostinil) appears to be well tolerated by patients with different types of pulmonary hypertension (PH), and…
Liquidia is suing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to challenge a decision that delays the final approval…
Airplane travel appears to be safe for people with pulmonary hypertension (PH) with both slight and marked limitations of…