Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who took an altitude-simulation test were able to tolerate a short-term decrease in oxygen without it impacting the right side of their heart, according to a new study. The research addressed the question of whether patients with PAH can travel safely at high…
Pulmonary hypertension is a common outcome of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in premature infants, with one in every or five pre-term babies with BPD going on to develop PH, a study reports. The study, “Bronchopulmonary dysplasia and pulmonary hypertension: a meta-analysis,” showed that the odds ratio (the likelihood) of developing…
Statins added to pulmonary hypertension (PH) treatment do not provide any clinical benefit for a clear majority of patients — although this drug’s use in those whose PH is the result of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) show some “intriguing” points worthy of further study, researchers…
A compilation of results from studies published from 2007–14 confirms that cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) findings are useful in predicting outcomes in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients and, in the future, may help in determining best therapies as the disease progresses. The review, “Cardiac…
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