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September 21, 2018September 26, 2018

Exhaled Breath Temperature Can be Potential Biomarker in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension

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Exhaled breath temperature could serve as a potential prognostic biomarker for patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH), a new study shows. The study, “Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Exhaled Breath Temperature ... Read more

September 19, 2018September 19, 2018

Actelion’s Opsumit Shows Promise as Treatment for Portopulmonary Hypertension, Trial Results Show

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Actelion Pharmaceuticals’ Opsumit (macitentan) may be a potential therapy for portopulmonary hypertension, according to positive results from a Phase 4 clinical study. The data was presented at the European Respiratory Society ... Read more

September 10, 2018September 12, 2018

Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy Doubles Risk of Persistent PH in Newborns, Study Suggests

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Use of antidepressants during pregnancy doubles the risk for persistent pulmonary hypertension in the newborn (PPHN), a systematic review of several studies suggests. Out of the antidepressants analyzed, researchers ... Read more

August 31, 2018August 31, 2018

Levosimendan Aids Kidneys in PH Patients with Heart Disease and Renal Impairment, Phase 3 Data Show

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Levosimendan, an investigational therapy for pulmonary hypertension associated with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (PH-HFpEF), was found to improve workings of the kidneys in PH-HFpEF patients with kidney impairment ... Read more

August 29, 2018August 31, 2018

Antidote Technologies, phaware Team Up to Recruit More Patients for Clinical Trials

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Antidote Technologies, a digital health company, and phaware global association, an organization advocating for pulmonary hypertension (PH) awareness, will join forces to create a new recruitment system for pharmaceutical ... Read more

August 23, 2018August 29, 2018

Treatment with Milrinone Improves Heart Function in Patients with PH Due to Left Heart Disease, Study Finds

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Intravenous treatment with the approved heart failure medicine milrinone leads to significant improvements in heart structure and function in patients with mild-to-moderate pulmonary hypertension (PH) due to left heart disease, ... Read more

August 8, 2018August 16, 2018

Pulmonary Hypertension Patient With Artificial Heart Receives Real Heart Transplant

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A man with pulmonary hypertension, the first international patient to receive an advanced but totally artificial heart known as the CARMAT heart, recently had a healthy donor heart successfully ... Read more

August 6, 2018August 10, 2018

Bellerophon Provides Update on Clinical Development of INOpulse for Pulmonary Hypertension

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Bellerophon Therapeutics recently provided an update on the clinical development of INOpulse as a treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), as well as for pulmonary hypertension associated with chronic obstructive ... Read more

August 2, 2018August 7, 2018

PH Severity Far from Sole Determinant of Patients’ Emotional Well-Being, Study Says

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The emotional well-being of people with pulmonary hypertension (PH), particularly in relation to levels of anxiety and depression, may be better explained by taking into account their life circumstances ... Read more

July 30, 2018August 1, 2018

PH Patients Seen to Have Little Daily Exercise, Leading to Lower Odds of Survival, Study Finds

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Patients with pulmonary hypertension have little daily exercise, often at levels so low their their odds of survival are reduced, according to researchers. Their study, “Physical activity levels are ... Read more

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