Beverly McGregor, a Pulmonary Hypertension patient, tells her story. Pulmonary hypertension is continuous high blood pressure in the pulmonary artery. The average blood pressure in a normal pulmonary artery is about 14 mmHg when the person is resting. In PH, blood pressure is usually greater than 25 mmHg.
Hilary DuBrock, Pulmonary Fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital, highlights two posters presented at the 2015 ATS annual conference. The first of these studies was a comparison of endothelin gradients across the pulmonary circulation of patients with PPHTN versus patients with cirrhosis. The second study looked at post transplant outcomes…
In this 2013 video, Jenna Lowe, a bright, beautiful and courageous 18-year-old South African girl, was recently diagnosed with primary pulmonary hypertension; a rare and life-threatening illness for which essential medication is extremely expensive and much of the standard PH medication is not yet registered in South Africa. It is…
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“Dr. Brett Fenster, director of the Pulmonary Hypertension Center at National Jewish Health, talks about the different types of pulmonary hypertension (PH), also known as high blood pressure in the lungs.” Learn more about pulmonary hypertension: http://bit.ly/1K4oewk…
“Lung Foundation Australia has produced a series of ten short videoclips, addressing some of the most commonly asked questions and symptoms that trouble people with chronic lung disease.” Learn more about pulmonary hypertension: http://bit.ly/1XjPFMa…
Medikidz, with the collaboration of the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, has launched a comic book in a peer-reviewed series on pulmonary hypertension (PH) . “Medikidz Explain Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension” is expected to not only increase knowledge and understanding about the disease, but also to support adults who struggle to…
Meet Dr. Ben deBoisblanc. He’s one of the physicians at the University Medical Center CPHC – Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center. Watch him talk about pulmonary hypertension and the difficulty to diagnose it. Learn more about pulmonary hypertension: http://bit.ly/1XjPFMa…
“It’s a very humbling experience to know that you can’t help your child, and you have to trust your child to the hands of someone else.” This emotional video and amazing little girl humbles us too. After 100+ days at Children’s Hospital & Medical Center and maximum life support…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy1_0Yn0eeU Meet Carol Ann Hughes. She has scleroderma, which is causing pulmonary hypertension. She was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension about five years ago, but scleroderma was not considered at the time. Watch the video to find out more about her story. Learn more about pulmonary hypertension: http://bit.ly/1K4oewk…
“Pushing Above the Highpoint” is a short documentary from 2011. It tells the story of Matt Moniz’s attempt to climb to the highest point of every state in less than 50 days to raise awareness for PAH. Learn more about PAH: http://bit.ly/1P75Bxf…
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a severe, rare lung disease characterized by high blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries. Due to the condition, the pulmonary arteries, which are responsible for transporting the blood from the right heart ventricle to the lungs, become narrowed and thickened. In order…
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