CT scans are a vital part of modern medicine. Found in every hospital and many clinics, they give doctors a fast and detailed ...

E-cigarette use is linked to increased risk of COPD and possibly hypertension, though less harmful than traditional smoking, ...

The following is a summary of “Right atrial reservoir strain as an early predictor of pulmonary hypertension development in ...

Systemic lupus erythematosus is associated with an increased risk for pulmonary manifestations, including ILD and pulmonary hypertension.

Background Pulmonary hypertension (PHT) lacks community prevalence and outcome data. Objective To characterise minimum ‘indicative’ prevalences and mortality data for all forms of PHT in a selected ...

The right ventricle is thin-walled with much less muscle than the left ventricle and pumps under low pressure. Pulmonary hypertension is elevated blood pressure in the pulmonary artery. It can lead to ...

Sotatercept improves exercise capacity and delays the time to clinical worsening in patients with World Health Organization (WHO) functional class II or III pulmonary arterial hypertension.

If it lands in the lungs, it’s called a pulmonary embolism. Estimates vary widely, but according to the American Lung Association, around 900,000 U.S. adults experience this type of potentially ...

The Advance-HTN trial showed that lorundrostat effectively lowered 24-hour SBP at 12 weeks among patients with uncontrolled and treatment-resistant hypertension vs. placebo. Participants at 103 U.S.

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a type of pulmonary hypertension that causes high blood pressure in the small arteries of the lungs. It is a serious condition that can impair blood flow, ...

She had a pulmonary embolism while waiting in line. “The whole thing still feels very surreal,” Jansson told Yahoo Canada via Zoom from her home in Gananoque, Ont., where she works remotely for a tech ...