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Pulmonary Hypertension: Los Lunas Girl Battles PH

Eliana Alderete is a 12-year old little girl from Los Lunas, Mexico that has been battling Pulmonary Hypertension since she was born. Eliana is like any other little girl; she likes to play, dance, run — even though all those simple tasks turn out to be very difficult for her.

Evan’s Pulmonary Hypertension Battle and Story

Evan Gayken is a 2-year old toddler who suffers from a life-threatning disease; he has been diagnosed with Pedriatic Pulmonary Hypertension – a lung and heart disease that makes his blood vessels in his lungs constrict. Because of this, his heart has to work extra hard. He is on an aggressive…

Targeted Therapeutics Under Investigation For PAH Treatment

In a world where vasodilators rule the landscape of treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), scientific research groups and pharmaceutical companies around the world are working to develop targeted therapeutics that focus on specific cellular pathways that are associated with dysfunction in PAH patients. Within the realm…

Pulmonary Hypertension And Pregnancy: Learn More

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare, life-threatening disease that affects the pulmonary arteries, the lungs and the heart. In severe cases, pulmonary hypertension can cause the total blockage of the pulmonary arteries and right heart failure, when the right ventricle loses its capacity to pump blood…

Pulmonary Hypertension and Lupus

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a disease that causes high blood pressure in the lungs due to narrowing in the pulmonary arteries. It is a rare but life-threatening condition that causes thickening and narrowing of these vessels, which are responsible for transporting the blood from the heart to the lungs, forcing…

O2 Breathe Walk for Pulmonary Hypertension

The California Chapter of the Pulmonary Hypertension Association will host its Second Annual Long Beach O2 breathe Walk in Long Beach, California, on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 9 a.m. PT at El Dorado Regional Park. The event, dubbed the O2 breathe Walk, is a fundraising…


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