The vasodilator Adempas (riociguat) increases the ability of endothelial progenitor cells to halt vascular remodeling and enhance formation of new blood vessels in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), according to a new in vitro (in the lab) study. This may be particularly helpful for CTEPH patients…
Oklahoma suffers more tornadoes than any other state, has the highest per-capita rate of women in U.S. prisons, ranks second in the number of teen births per 100,000 teenage girls, and has the nation’s third-highest rate of uninsured residents — with 13.9% of all Oklahomans lacking health coverage. As if…
While physicians worldwide are conducting multi-parametric risk assessments to evaluate pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), they are not doing so to the extent recommended by current guidelines, results from an international survey show. The survey found that PAH evaluations in clinical practice were not performed to the levels recommended by…
Treatment with nintedanib lowered lung blood pressure in a rat model of pulmonary arterial hypertension by preventing cells of blood vessel walls from changing identity, and by inhibiting smooth muscle cells from growing excessively, a study has found. The study, “Nintedanib ameliorates experimental pulmonary arterial hypertension via inhibition…
The heart rhythm of patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) has limited ability to adjust to changes, compared to unaffected people used as controls in a new pilot study. The findings also revealed that assessing heart rhythm complexity (HRC) parameters may improve the ability to predict PH. The research, “…
Specific biomarkers are present in higher levels in the blood of people with pulmonary hypertension (PH), and could be used to aid in diagnosis, a study says. Titled “Analysis of Novel Cardiovascular Biomarkers in Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension (PH),” the study was published in the journal …
An anti-inflammatory diet with high amounts of protein, fish oil, the amino acid leucine, and oligosaccharides reduced changes in heart and skeletal muscle in a female mice model of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a study says. The findings of the study, “Anti-inflammatory nutrition with high protein attenuates…
Interleukin-17 (IL-17), a proinflammatory protein, appears to play important roles in the development of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension (HPH), a common and potentially life-threatening condition in people with chronic lung diseases, an early study suggests. Lung tissue of patients with HPH show increased IL-17 levels, and preventing its production or…
A tiny RNA molecule known as microRNA-410 (miR-410) was seen to slow the proliferation of endothelial cells in the lung and ease pulmonary vascular remodeling in a mouse model of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). These findings suggest that raising miR-410 levels in the lung may offer a way of…
A new international consortium based in Paris, and funded largely by the 28-member European Union, intends to speed the diagnosis of rare diseases, while also accelerating the development of treatments for the 95% of such illnesses that currently don’t have one. The European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJP…
Long-term use of Orenitram led to moderate but durable, and dose dependent, improvements in exercise capacity in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients, results from an open-label extension trial show. These findings were reported in the study “Long term study of oral treprostinil to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension:…
Increasing levels of the receptor Nur77 in cells lining the blood vessels of patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) may help halt progression of the disease by enhancing the signaling of the BMPR2 gene, often mutated in PH, a study suggests. The study, “6-mercaptopurine, an agonist of Nur77, reduces…
Get regular updates to your inbox.