People with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) may lack some key vitamins and minerals their bodies need daily to stay…
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
Treatment with Adcirca (tadalafil) or Revatio (sildenafil) may help patients who develop pulmonary hypertension secondary to an interstitial lung…
Less oxygen uptake during exercise increases the risk of clinical worsening in people with pulmonary hypertension (PH) due to…
A new study has found that there are nine metabolites — molecules that take part in metabolism — in the…
Preterm babies who grow with too little amniotic fluid (also called waters), or are born too small for their age,…
When done during pregnancy, an echocardiogram — a noninvasive measurement of heart function that uses sound waves — may help…
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) induced in response to exercise may be linked to a higher risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease…
The gut microbiota of patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) differs from that of healthy individuals, and this…
Breathing problems are more common in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction who also have pulmonary hypertension…
A calcium channel called TRPC6 may offer a new target for the development of treatments for pulmonary hypertension (PH),…
Local anesthesia is better than general anesthesia for both the mother and her baby when delivery is by cesarean section…
Oxygen therapy may help relieve lung pressure in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) who are about to undergo…