Pulmonary Hypertension Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment

August 16, 2018August 16, 2018
FDA Grants Orphan Drug Status to Livantra, Repurposed for Treatment of PAH
News
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted orphan drug designation to Livantra, a new formulation of an already ... Read more
August 13, 2018August 13, 2018
BET Proteins Could Be Therapeutic Target for COPD Patients with PH, Rat Study Suggests
News
Inhibition of proteins that regulate gene expression — called BET — were found to ease pulmonary hypertension (PH) in a rat ... Read more
August 10, 2018August 14, 2018
The Many Ways that Pain Affects My Physical and Mental Health
Columns, Recharged and Rewired - a Column by Brittany Foster
*** “Pain comes in all forms. The small twinge, a bit of soreness, the random pain. The normal pains ... Read more
August 10, 2018August 14, 2018
Clinical Trial Expected in 2019 to Test Therapy C76 as Potential PAH Inhibitor
News, PAH News
A clinical trial to study a therapy that may inhibit and possibly reverse vascular remodeling in pulmonary arterial hypertension ... Read more
August 9, 2018August 13, 2018
Anti-cancer Therapy Sorafenib Reverses PAH in Rat Model, Study Reports
News, PAH News
Research & DevelopmentTreatment with the approved anti-cancer medication sorafenib reversed pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and cardiopulmonary remodeling (CPR) in ... Read more
August 8, 2018August 6, 2018
Grief and Gratitude at the Transplant Games
Columns, Life After PH – A Column By Kathleen Sheffer
I don’t know how to begin to explain the experience of being at the Donate Life Transplant Games of ... Read more
August 8, 2018August 16, 2018
Pulmonary Hypertension Patient With Artificial Heart Receives Real Heart Transplant
News, PH News
A man with pulmonary hypertension, the first international patient to receive an advanced but totally artificial heart known as ... Read more
August 6, 2018August 10, 2018
Bellerophon Provides Update on Clinical Development of INOpulse for Pulmonary Hypertension
News, PAH News, PH News
Bellerophon Therapeutics recently provided an update on the clinical development of INOpulse as a treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension ... Read more
August 3, 2018August 9, 2018
Tips to Help Ease Anxiety Leading Up to a Surgery
Columns, Recharged and Rewired - a Column by Brittany Foster
Just the thought of surgery sends my anxiety into overdrive. After having over a dozen surgeries in my 27 ... Read more
August 3, 2018August 8, 2018
Heart Arrhythmias Decrease Survival in PAH and CTEPH Patients, Study Suggests
CTEPH News, News, PAH News
Estimated survival in patients with either pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is worse ... Read more
August 2, 2018August 7, 2018
PH Severity Far from Sole Determinant of Patients’ Emotional Well-Being, Study Says
News, PH News
The emotional well-being of people with pulmonary hypertension (PH), particularly in relation to levels of anxiety and depression, may ... Read more
August 1, 2018July 30, 2018
My PH Past Makes Healthy Competition Something to Be Savored
Columns, Life After PH – A Column By Kathleen Sheffer
One thing that I have looked forward to throughout my transplant journey is the Transplant Games. I was fortunate ... Read more

August 16, 2018August 16, 2018

FDA Grants Orphan Drug Status to Livantra, Repurposed for Treatment of PAH

News

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted orphan drug designation to Livantra, a new formulation of an already approved treatment outside the U.S. for another indication, for the ... Read more

August 13, 2018August 13, 2018

BET Proteins Could Be Therapeutic Target for COPD Patients with PH, Rat Study Suggests

News

Inhibition of proteins that regulate gene expression — called BET — were found to ease pulmonary hypertension (PH) in a rat model of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a study reports. ... Read more

August 10, 2018August 14, 2018

The Many Ways that Pain Affects My Physical and Mental Health

Columns, Recharged and Rewired - a Column by Brittany Foster

*** “Pain comes in all forms. The small twinge, a bit of soreness, the random pain. The normal pains we live with every day. Then there’s the kind of ... Read more

August 10, 2018August 14, 2018

Clinical Trial Expected in 2019 to Test Therapy C76 as Potential PAH Inhibitor

News, PAH News

A clinical trial to study a therapy that may inhibit and possibly reverse vascular remodeling in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is expected to start enrolling patients in 2019. The ... Read more

August 9, 2018August 13, 2018

Anti-cancer Therapy Sorafenib Reverses PAH in Rat Model, Study Reports

News, PAH News

Research & DevelopmentTreatment with the approved anti-cancer medication sorafenib reversed pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and cardiopulmonary remodeling (CPR) in a rat model, according to a new study. The findings ... Read more

August 8, 2018August 6, 2018

Grief and Gratitude at the Transplant Games

Columns, Life After PH – A Column By Kathleen Sheffer

I don’t know how to begin to explain the experience of being at the Donate Life Transplant Games of America. It’s been all I’d dreamed of, and so, so ... Read more

August 8, 2018August 16, 2018

Pulmonary Hypertension Patient With Artificial Heart Receives Real Heart Transplant

News, PH News

A man with pulmonary hypertension, the first international patient to receive an advanced but totally artificial heart known as the CARMAT heart, recently had a healthy donor heart successfully ... Read more

August 6, 2018August 10, 2018

Bellerophon Provides Update on Clinical Development of INOpulse for Pulmonary Hypertension

News, PAH News, PH News

Bellerophon Therapeutics recently provided an update on the clinical development of INOpulse as a treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), as well as for pulmonary hypertension associated with chronic obstructive ... Read more

August 3, 2018August 9, 2018

Tips to Help Ease Anxiety Leading Up to a Surgery

Columns, Recharged and Rewired - a Column by Brittany Foster

Just the thought of surgery sends my anxiety into overdrive. After having over a dozen surgeries in my 27 years of life, some would assume I am a pro ... Read more

August 3, 2018August 8, 2018

Heart Arrhythmias Decrease Survival in PAH and CTEPH Patients, Study Suggests

CTEPH News, News, PAH News

Estimated survival in patients with either pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is worse if they also have atrial arrhythmias, according to a new U.S. study. ... Read more

August 2, 2018August 7, 2018

PH Severity Far from Sole Determinant of Patients’ Emotional Well-Being, Study Says