pulmonary hypertension

September 21, 2015November 5, 2015

Study Reveals Risk Factors for Pulmonary Hypertension in Sickle Cell Patients

A study in PLoS One entitled “Risk Factors of Pulmonary Hypertension in Brazilian Patients with Sickle Cell Anemia” published September 3, 2015 and authored by Clarisse Lopes de Castro Lobo, et. ... Read more

September 15, 2015November 5, 2015

phaware Organization Launches With Focus On High-Tech PH Education

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A new non-profit organization and website has been launched to help support people who suffer from pulmonary hypertension (PH) and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). The phaware Global Association (phaware) will collaborate with leaders in ... Read more

September 3, 2015November 5, 2015

Clinicians Find That Moderate Exercise Training is Beneficial for Pulmonary Hypertension Patients

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A recent study published in Circulation: Heart Failure journal entitled “Efficacy and Safety of Exercise Training in Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” clinicians revealed that it is ... Read more

August 27, 2015November 5, 2015

Researchers Assess Best Exercise Protocol for Pulmonary Hypertension Patients

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An award of $465,000 from the National Institutes of Health was recently granted to a physical therapy researcher from the IU School of Health and Rehabilitation Services at Indiana University-Purdue University ... 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

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 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

June 22, 2015June 22, 2015

Mayo Clinic and United Therapeutics to Build Lung Restoration Center

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The Mayo Clinic and United Therapeutics Corporation recently announced the establishment of a partnership focused on creating a new lung restoration center. The facility will be built on Mayo’s campus in Jacksonville, Florida ... Read more