Search Tag: pulmonary hypertension
2025 13 May
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) remains a critical health concern, affecting approximately 1% of the global population and up to 10% of older adults. Characterised by vascular remodelling and right-sided heart failure, PH has a poor prognosis if not diagnosed early. Traditional diagnostic approaches, particularly right heart catheterisation (RHC),...Read more
2024 18 Nov
PH Awareness Month: survey results generated strong interest at European Respiratory Society (ERS) Congress PHA Europe presented the results of a patient survey 1 conducted in cooperation with AOP Orphan Pharmaceuticals GmbH (AOP Health) and OrphaCare in a poster presentation at the annual ERS congress in Vienna in September. The survey investigated...Read more
2024 08 Feb
A recent study published in Radiology sheds light on the complex landscape of pulmonary hypertension (PH), particularly in distinguishing between pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and PH associated with lung disease (PH-LD). The severity of lung disease plays a crucial role in this differentiation, with significant implications for treatment...Read more
2017 22 Nov
Serial assessment of right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) predicts the clinical outcome of patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) enables RVEF monitoring, but its applicability is limited in clinical practice. In a new study, researchers assessed the correlation between changes in CMRI-derived...Read more
2015 17 Aug
A recent review of 15 years worth of data in a national paediatric medical database shows a significant increase in hospitalisations for children due to pulmonary hypertension. The report is published in Pediatrics. As reported by researchers from Johns Hopkins, hospitalisations for pulmonary hypertension have doubled between 1997 and 2012. Charges...Read more
2015 24 Jan
While new treatments for pulmonary hypertension (PHT) have reduced mortality, children with PHT are still a high-risk group for serious complications and death related to anaesthesia and surgery, according to a study appearing in Anesthesia & Analgesia . Younger children and those with more severe disease are at higher risk, according to researchers,...Read more