ALLMedicine™ Pulmonary Hypertension Center

Dec 3rd, 2021 - Closer reading of computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) scans of patients presenting with acute pulmonary embolism (PE) may identify those at high risk of developing chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). We aimed to val...

Dec 3rd, 2021 - In this review, we provide a brief description of recently published articles addressing topics relevant to pediatric cardiologists. Our hope is to provide a summary of the latest articles published recently in other journals in our field. The art...

Dec 3rd, 2021 - Interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) are diverse parenchymal pulmonary disorders, primarily characterised by alveolar and interstitial inflammation and/or fibrosis, and sharing pathophysiological similarities. Thus, patients generally harbour common ...

Dec 2nd, 2021 - Systemic Sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by vasculopathy, fibrosis of skin and internal organs, and autoimmunity with complications including interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, and digital ulcers with substantial morbidity and dis...

Dec 2nd, 2021 - Association of Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in Infants With the Timing and Type of Antidepressants In Utero.|2021|Munk-Olsen T,Bergink V,Rommel AS,Momen N,Liu X,|

Aug 24th, 2021 - ISHLT members have recognized the importance of a consensus statement on the evaluation and management of patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. The creation of this document required multiple steps, including the engagement ...

Aug 19th, 2021 - Patients with connective tissue disease (CTD) present unique surgical, perioperative, operative, and postoperative challenges related to the often underlying severe pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular dysfunction. The International Societ...

Aug 19th, 2020 - The diagnosis of hypoglycemia and the use of diazoxide have risen in the last decade. Diazoxide is the only Food and Drug Agency-approved pharmacologic treatment for neonatal hypoglycemia caused by hyperinsulinism (HI). Recent publications have hi...

Jul 20th, 2020 - The landscape of pulmonary hypertension (PH) has changed significantly since the last Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Thoracic Society position statement in 2005. Since then, advances in our understanding of the pathophysiology of PH and ...

Mar 9th, 2020 - Significant practice-changing developments have occurred in the care of heart transplantation candidates and recipients over the past decade. This Canadian Cardiovascular Society/Canadian Cardiac Transplant Network Position Statement provides evid...

Nov 25th, 2021 - Secondarily, the discordance between 6MWT results versus total pedometer recorded distance and versus maximum daily pedometer-recorded distance will be similarly studied. The aim of the study is also to search for variables associated with progres...

Nov 24th, 2021 - Long-term study to evaluate if macitentan is safe, tolerable and efficient enough to be used for treatment of inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH)

Nov 24th, 2021 - The primary purpose of this study is to identify and develop biomarker signatures based on circulating micro ribonucleic acid (RNA) in the blood samples associated with high risk of pulmonary hypertension (PH) to assist in the diagnosis of PH; to ...

Nov 23rd, 2021 - This is a multi-center, open-label study for eligible participants who completed all scheduled study visits during the Treatment Period of Study RIN-PH-304. Participants who provide informed consent for this open-label extension study on or prior ...

Nov 22nd, 2021 - In patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism, full-dose thrombolytic treatment was associated with a reduction in the combined risk of hemodynamic instability or death but was also associated with an increased risk of major and intracrani...

Nov 5th, 2021 - When I was a new palliative care nurse practitioner (NP), I remember my mentor telling me that communication in our field is equivalent to surgical procedures in general surgery. Conversations need to be handled with accuracy and precision, conduc.

Sep 29th, 2021 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Ileana L. Piña, MD, MPH: Hello. I'm Ileana Piña from Central Michigan University in Michigan, and an adjunct professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at Case Western Reserve University. This is my bl...

Sep 9th, 2021 - Estimated 4-year mortality rates were greater than 10% in patients with polycythemia vera and vascular complications led to approximately one-third of these deaths, according to a retrospective analysis of the prospective REVEAL trial (NCT02252159...

Sep 9th, 2021 - Pulmonologists play a critical role in the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer, the latter of which should always include thorough lymph node evaluation with endobronchial ultrasound before a patient is presented to a multidisciplinary tumor boar...

Aug 19th, 2021 - Patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) as a complication of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have worse functional impairment and higher mortality, compared with patients who have idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH). D...