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Specific Blood Flow Pattern in Patients with PH and Aortic Stenosis Linked to Poorer Outcomes, Study Reports

Patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) and severe aortic stenosis (AS), who have a specific, less frequent blood flow pattern, have worse cardiac function and increased mortality, according to a study. The study, “Haemodynamic mechanisms and long‐term prognostic impact of pulmonary hypertension in patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing valve…

Ventavis Shows Limited Ability to Improve Long-term Survival Rates in PAH Patients, Real-World Data Suggests

Treatment with inhaled Ventavis (iloprost) has limited effectiveness in improving the survival rate of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), despite the clinical improvements it induces, real-world data suggests. These findings resulted from an analysis of data collected in the observational Spanish REHAP registry. They were recently reported in…

PH-Targeted Therapies Show Modest-at-Best Benefit in PH Due to Left Heart Disease, Review Study Reports

A large review of clinical trials evaluating whether pulmonary hypertension (PH)-targeted therapies can improve exercise capacity in patients with pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease (PH-LHD) found varying effectiveness and modest benefit. The findings were reported in the study “Pulmonary hypertension-targeted therapies in heart failure: A systematic…