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Alert FDA Approves First Medication for Pediatric PAH, Bosentan The FDA has approved bosentan (Tracleer, Actelion Pharmaceuticals) for children aged 3 years and older with idiopathic or congenital pulmonary arterial hypertension.
FDA Approvals, September 7, 2017
ESC Sildenafil Warning in Pulmonary Hypertension After Valve Surgery Clinicians should not assume that sildenafil is beneficial in pulmonary hypertension following valve surgery, warn Spanish researchers after finding the drug doubles clinical events in these patients.
Medscape Medical News, August 28, 2017

Transcatheter PDA Occlusion Feasible but Risky in the Smallest Infants
Reuters Health Information, August 24, 2017
Arena's Heart-Lung Drug Meets Main Goal in Mid-stage Study
Reuters Health Information, July 14, 2017
Plasma Proteins Predict Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Outcome
Reuters Health Information, June 27, 2017
Enzyme Replacement Making a Difference in Gaucher Disease 1
Reuters Health Information, June 20, 2017

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Perspective

ESC How One Morning at ESC 2017 Might Change Your Practice Dr Melissa Walton-Shirley highlights some standout results and some that she felt were less than illuminating on the first few days of ESC 2017.
theheart.org on Medscape, August 29, 2017
Echo Case: Why Is There Dyspnea? Start With the Doppler Dr Wharton narrates a case of a patient with a history of rheumatic heart disease.
theheart.org on Medscape, August 25, 2017

Snapshot of the Heart Failure Guideline Focused Update
theheart.org on Medscape, July 17, 2017
A 52-Year-Old Man With Dyspnea and Purulent Sputum
Osmosis, May 12, 2017
Misdiagnosing Lung Disease Is Far Too Common, Poses Many Risks
Medscape Pulmonary Medicine, April 17, 2017
Should We Measure FeNO in Asthma?
Medscape Pulmonary Medicine, September 16, 2016

Journals

Current Medical Therapy for Sarcoidosis
Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, October 16, 2017
The PEARL Score Predicts Readmission or Death in COPD
Thorax, October 3, 2017
Effect of PAVMs on the Mechanical Properties of the Lungs
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, September 8, 2017
Carbon Dioxide Narcosis Due to Inappropriate Oxygen Delivery
Journal of Medical Case Reports, September 4, 2017
Update of EULAR Recommendations for Systemic Sclerosis
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, August 29, 2017

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