A new meta-analysis assessing balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) and Adempas (riociguat) for treating inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) found both treatment strategies to be well-tolerated, and able to improve exercise tolerance and the function of the circulatory system. The study with that finding, “Balloon…
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Bayer and Merck recently presented positive results from five data sets that evaluated the clinical benefits of Adempas (riociguat) for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). The findings were presented at the 11th annual World Congress of the Pulmonary Vascular…
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) may be an inherited genetic disease, a new study suggests. The results were recently presented at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) 2018 annual conference May 18-23 in San Diego. CTEPH, a rare form of pulmonary hypertension, is caused by blood clots that travel to the…
Bayer HealthCare recently launched a contest with the goal of raising awareness about pulmonary hypertension (PH) and gathering support for PH patients and their families. Of particular focus in this contest is a type of PH called CTEPH, or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Breathless Moments…
Patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) who respond differently to treatment with pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) may have differences in microvascular structure. When a team of researchers from Paris-South University and Centre Chirugical Marie Lannelongue investigated CTEPH pathogenesis in humans, they applied their findings related to microvasculature changes…
Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) is a safe and effective, minimally invasive treatment for people with inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), according to a study from the U.K. The study describes the treatment of the first group of CTEPH patients to be treated with BPA.
Researchers at the Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan demonstrated that the endothelin receptor antagonist bosentan can improve endothelial dysfunction parameters in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), but not in patients with inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). The findings were published in the Pulmonary…
Oxygen therapy may help relieve lung pressure in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) who are about to undergo balloon pulmonary angioplasty, a procedure in which balloons are used to open blood vessels that have been chronically narrowed or blocked, according to a new study. Researchers found a decrease…
New insights into the molecular mechanisms of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) and idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (iPAH) generally lead to new avenues of research for treatments that may work better than existing treatments or open the doors for previously untreatable patients. Work from Medical University Vienna in Austria,…
Estimated survival in patients with either pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is worse if they also have atrial arrhythmias, according to a new U.S. study. The study, “Atrial arrhythmias are associated with increased mortality in pulmonary arterial hypertension,” was published…
Adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) who have trouble breathing at rest or with light activity may benefit from a procedure called respiratory rate modulation, a pilot, single-center study shows. The three-month procedure also led to lower symptom severity and decreased respiratory…
Bayer HealthCare will deliver six presentations at the ongoing American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference in Denver, Colorado. Five posters and one oral presentation will describe data concerning treatment of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). “At the American Thoracic Society…