Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension News

O2 Advised for Air Travel With Pulmonary Hypertension Patients with pulmonary hypertension often develop hypoxemia on airplanes, and they should consider using supplemental oxygen on long flights or if they've used oxygen before.
Reuters Health Information, May 3, 2012
Actelion Gets 'Best Case' Results From Trial of PAH Drug A new drug for pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) from Actelion beat expectations in a key phase III trial. Actelion is banking on macitentan to replace Tracleer (bosentan), which treats the same condition.
Reuters Health Information, May 1, 2012

Screening for PAH in Systemic Sclerosis: Does It Matter? Dr. Kevin Deane appraises new data on PAH detection programs in patients with systemic sclerosis.
Medscape Rheumatology, February 2, 2012
AHA Guidelines on Intravascular Thrombosis: Central Points This F1000 commentary lays out the main points from the recent AHA guidelines on managing massive and submassive pulmonary embolism, iliofemoral DT, and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
Faculty of 1000, December 7, 2011

Heart Rate Recovery in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
American Heart Journal, May 16, 2012
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, May 10, 2012
Epidemiology of Systemic Sclerosis
Current Opinion in Rheumatology, April 3, 2012
Pulmonary Hypertension in Advanced COPD
Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, March 27, 2012
Combination Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, February 23, 2012