Pulmonary Hypertension

August 14, 2015November 5, 2015

Study Identifies New Drug Target for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Recently, a group of researchers from the Imperial College of London released study results in which they identified a gene that could lead to future efficacious treatment options for patients ... Read more

August 7, 2015November 5, 2015

Review Reveals Epigenetics as a Potential Therapeutic Strategy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

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In a recent review published in the journal Experimental & Molecular Medicine, a team of researchers provided a general overview of the current advances in epigenetics associated with Pulmonary arterial ... Read more

August 6, 2015November 5, 2015

Results from Meta-analysis Show That Exercise Training is Safe & Effective for Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension

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In a recent meta-analysis published in the journal Circulation: Heart Failure, the journal of the American Heart Association, a team of researchers found that exercise training is effective and safe ... Read more

August 6, 2015November 5, 2015

Serum Autoantibodies Profile Not a Biomarker for Survival in Systemic Sclerosis-PAH Patients

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In a new study entitled “Survival in systemic sclerosis–pulmonary arterial hypertension by serum autoantibody status in the Pulmonary Hypertension Assessment and Recognition of Outcomes in Scleroderma (PHAROS) Registry,” the authors ... Read more

July 30, 2015November 5, 2015

Bellerophon Adds New Cardiopulmonary Indications for INOpulse System in New Licensing Agreement

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Clinical stage biotherapeutics company Bellerophon Therapeutics recently took steps to expand its licensing agreement with INO Therapeutics LLC, a subsidiary of Mallinckrodt plc, which allows Bellerophon to advance INOpulse as a ... Read more

July 29, 2015November 5, 2015

World’s First Clinical Trial Of Genetically-enhanced Stem Cell PAH Therapy Yields Promising Findings

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A team of Canadian researchers have published promising results of the first clinical trial in the world of a genetically enhanced stem cell therapy for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This ... Read more

July 23, 2015November 5, 2015

Stuart Rich Joins Northwestern Medicine As Director Of Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program

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Northwestern Medicine recently welcomed Dr. Stuart Rich as director of the new Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program at the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, and as a professor of medicine-cardiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of ... Read more

July 22, 2015November 5, 2015

6-Minute Walk Stress Echocardiography Found To Have Prognostic Value for Pulmonary Hypertension in CTD Patients

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Researchers at Tokushima University Hospital in Japan recently revealed that the 6-minute walk (6MW) stress echocardiography test can be considered a valuable prognostic tool for pulmonary hypertension in patients with ... Read more

June 24, 2015November 5, 2015

Study Reports that Lupus Patients Can Develop Pulmonary Hypertension and Proposes a Biomarker for its Detection

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Researchers at the Catholic University of Korea in Seoul reported that a portion of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) may develop pulmonary hypertension, and propose a biomarker to diagnose ... Read more

May 21, 2015November 5, 2015

Need For Improved Monitoring of Pulmonary Hypertension After Pulmonary Embolism Highlighted At 2015 ATS Conference

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In a study recently presented during the 2015 Annual International Conference of the American Thoracic Society (ATS), researchers found that the incidence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) among patients who experienced pulmonary ... Read more