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Bellerophon’s Clinical Trials for INOpulse PH Therapies Moving Forward

Bellerophon Therapeutics has announced positive data from its Phase 3 clinical trial investigating INOpulse in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), as well as the enrollment of the first group of patients in its Phase 2b study testing INOpulse in patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung…

Inspiratory Muscle Weakness Aggravates Shortness of Breath in CTEPH Patients, Study Shows

Inspiratory muscle weakness aggravates shortness of breath caused by exertion and lung function capacity in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, a study has found. The study, “Inspiratory muscle weakness contributes to exertional dyspnea in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension,” was published in the journal PLOS One. CTEPH is a…

Arterial Stiffness May Be Prevalent in CTEPH Patients, Small Study Suggests

Arterial stiffness, a marker of atherosclerosis, is significantly greater in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) compared to people with other diseases that also put them at risk of atherosclerosis, researchers report. The study, “Increased systemic arterial stiffness in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension,” was published…

Aria CV Wins Competition for Innovative PAH Medical Device

Aria CV, a company developing medical devices for pulmonary hypertension (PH), won the TCT 2018 Shark Tank Competition, a contest created to highlight the most innovative devices and technologies in the field of cardiovascular medicine. The announcement was made by the nonprofit research and educational organization Cardiovascular…