Diagnosing and Monitoring Children with Suspected PH

Unfortunately, pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a heart and lung condition that can affect anyone, of any age, sex or race. Adults are mainly the targets for this disease but children are also affected by it. Sadly, there are not many treatment options available to treat PH in children.

Read more about Opsumit as a treatment option for children with PAH.

It’s important to be aware of new diagnostic methods concerning children, but also how you can monitor the disease in kids and teenagers. In this video, shared by Heart, listen to Dr. Astrid Lammers discuss diagnostics, monitoring and outpatient care for children with suspected pulmonary hypertension/pediatric pulmonary hypertensive vascular disease.

Watch the video to learn more about this subject and get access to the full paper.

Don’t know how to explain PH to your child? Here’s a way to do it with the help of comic books.

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