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Results Support Therapeutic Intra-vascular Ultrasound (TIVUS) for PAH

New data support the safety and effectiveness of TIVUS (therapeutic intra-vascular ultrasound) for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) on a stable treatment regimen. The data were recently presented at the annual meeting of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EuroPCR), in Paris. In PAH, small arteries inside…

Owlstone, Actelion Team Up to Develop Breath-based Test for Diagnosing PH

Owlstone Medical has established a strategic collaboration with Actelion Pharmaceuticals to develop and validate a breath-based diagnostic test for different types of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Actelion Pharmaceuticals will solely fund this discovery and development program. The test will be based on Owlstone’s non-invasive method called Breath Biopsy, in…

Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty Reduces Sleep Apnea in Patients with CTEPH, Study Shows

Balloon pulmonary angioplasty reduces sleep apnea in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) patients, according to a study. The observed improvements further correlated with a better mean pulmonary arterial pressure. The results from the study, “Balloon pulmonary angioplasty attenuates sleep apnea in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension,” was…

Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty Can Improve Survival of Patients with Inoperable CTEPH, Study Suggests

Survival rates of patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) unable to undergo surgical treatment have significantly improved in recent years, a retrospective study has found. This suggests that minimally invasive balloon pulmonary angioplasty and other interventions implemented more recently can improve CTEPH patients’ prognoses. The study, “Predictors…