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PAH Combination Therapy Lowers Hospitalization Rate & Worsening PAH in New study

The results from the randomized controlled AMBITION study to determine the efficacy of treating patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) with a combination of ambrisentan/tadalafil, when compared to ambrisenan or taladafil as monotherapies, were presented at this year’s European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress. Combination therapies are a form…

Researchers Determine eRAP As Viable PAH Prognosticator

A new study on pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) entitled “Echocardiographic Assessment of Estimated Right Atrial Pressure and Size Predicts Mortality in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension” was published in Chest by Dr. Christopher Austin, part of Dr. Brian Shapiro’s group from Division of Cardiovascular Disease at the…

Researchers Gain New Insights Into Heritable PAH

Scientists continue to research the various environmental and lifestyle risk factors associated with PAH. Now, new research is revealing additional clues into how a person’s own genetics can predispose them to developing the disease. A recent review entitled “Genetics of pulmonary hypertension” published in November issue…

Quebec is First Canadian Province to Publicly Fund Novel Oral PAH Treatment

Quebec residents living with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) now have access to a breakthrough, publicly funded drug called Opsumit (macitentan), a once-a-day oral formulation of a dual endothelia receptor antagonist (ERA). On October 1, the Institut national d’excellence en santé et services sociaux (INESSS) recommended that the Régie de l’assurance maladie…

Pulmonary Hypertension Can Complicate Treatment in the ICU

When admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU), chances are high that the patient has an existing condition in addition to the affliction causing their admittance to the ICU. It is vital that these existing conditions be considered by clinicians when developing a course of treatment, as many times…

Antidepressant Use Linked To IPAH in New Study

A recent study, entitled “The use of antidepressants and the risk of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension,” which is set to be published in The Canadian Journal of Cardiology by Dr. Benjamin D. Fox, of the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Jewish General Hospital, and collaborators, addresses the…