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Although riociguat is indicated for treatment of pulmonary hypertension, Bayer HealthCare is looking to repurpose the drug to treat patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc). Bayer initiated a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 study using riociguat in patients with the…

Members of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA) accompanied PH patients from across the country yesterday to meet with Members of Congress. November is Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month, and to boost support for national efforts against this life threatening cardiopulmonary disease, they discussed the everyday plight…

The American Heart Association’s (AHA) journal Circulation has announced plans for a new thematic series on the recent advances in diagnosing and treating Pulmonary Hypertension (PH), in which an expert research team will present progress made in the research field for the disease. The topics in the series include patient…

In a recent review published in Circulation, the official Journal of the American Heart Association, Jonathan and Stuart Rich examined the current status of the epidemiology, prognosis, and update of the clinical classification for PH. In the review, the authors mainly focus on the diagnostic approach of suspected Pulmonary Hypertension…

Last week, in a bold move to call for support of a rare and debilitating pulmonary disease, the Pulmonary Hypertension Association was featured on the largest screen in the world — the NASDAQ Tower on Times Square, just after ringing the opening bell for the opening of the…

In a recent study entitled “Blood Flow Vortices along the Main Pulmonary Artery Measured with MR Imaging for Diagnosis of Pulmonary Hypertension” the authors report that phase-contrast magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is an accurate method for diagnosing pulmonary hypertension by estimating increased mean pulmonary arterial pressure. The study…

A live webinar exploring the development of Pulmonary Fibrosis in Scleroderma patients will be hosted by Dr. Paul Wolters, Director of Biological Research at the Interstitial Lung Disease Program at University of California San Francisco (UCSF), on Thursday, November 13, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. PST. The presentation is called “Emerging Therapies in…

Patients with systemic sclerosis hoping to enroll in clinical trials investigating hematopoietic stem cell transplantation may be disqualified if they have pulmonary hypertension. During the Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation International Scleroderma (ASTIS) trial, reasons for turning away interested patients included pulmonary hypertension and left ventricular ejection fraction less than…

In a perfect world, equivalent responses to treatments from patients with pulmonary hypertension would make all treatment outcomes predictable and highly effective. In reality, this is not the case. However, distinguishing subtypes of pulmonary arterial hypertension can at least improve treatment outcomes by better matching patients to treatments using…

The ViScope MD – photo courtesy of HD Medical, Inc. Patients with pulmonary hypertension exhibit a number of symptoms that often lead physicians to believe the problem is confined to the lungs, making PH one of the most misdiagnosed, potentially life-threatening diseases today. Some patients…

The country’s leading source of pulmonary hypertension patient and research support, the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, is hosting the first O2 Breathe Hearts PHor Hope Gala this month. The benefit will be spearheaded by the association’s Midwest Chapter to raise funds and awareness for this rare, life-altering, and…

At the recent American College of Chest Physicians’ (ACCP) meeting, Darren Taichman, MD, PhD, executive deputy editor of the Annals of Internal Medicine, together with a colleague, presented updated information concerning diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension, based on what is known as evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.