Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension News

• Most Severe COVID Tied to Four Cardiometabolic Conditions The authors of a new study are calling for stronger public health lifestyle advice to minimize the risk for COVID-19 hospitalization.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021
• Outcomes Have Improved for PAH in Connective Tissue Disease There is growing evidence that treatments for idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension can also benefit those with connective tissue diseases.
  Medscape Medical News, February 19, 2021
• COVID-19 Burdens Follow Patients After Discharge COVID-19 patients who survive their hospitalization don't leave the disease behind upon discharge, as a significant percentage died within 60 days of discharge, with an ICU admission heightening the risk.
  Medscape Medical News, November 19, 2020
• CHEST 2020 Switching to Riociguat Effective for Some Patients With PAH For patients with intermediate-risk pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who have not met their treatment goal, a switch to riociguat could be a promising strategy, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2020
• Systemic Sclerosis Patients Share Their Needs in Treatment Trials Patients with systemic sclerosis have variable disease progression but often experience debilitating fatigue, pain, and digestive issues; and they're extremely concerned about progressive organ damage.
  Medscape Medical News, October 26, 2020
• CHEST 2020 Selexipag Has No Effect on Daily Activity in PAH Patients Selexipag, which is prescribed to slow the progression of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), does not make patients more active, phase 4 TRACE data show.
  Medscape Medical News, October 20, 2020
• HFSA 2020 Levosimendan Hints at Benefit in Unusual Form of Heart Failure The calcium sensitizing agent, long explored in heart failure with few successes, showed efficacy signals in a narrowly defined subtype of HF with preserved ejection fraction.
  Medscape Medical News, October 06, 2020
• ESC 2020 New ESC Guidelines on Adult Congenital Heart Disease The new guidelines for patients with ACHD, who require lifelong care, include significant revisions, covering specialized care centers, catheter interventions, imaging, and more.
  Medscape Medical News, September 24, 2020
• HM 2020 Heart Failure: Practice-Changing Developments for Hospitalists "I think this can help inform us as to who with acute heart failure potentially needs to come into the hospital and who doesn't."
  Medscape Medical News, September 09, 2020
• HM 2020 Accurately Diagnosing Narrow Complex Tachycardias on EKGs Hospitalist Meghan Mary Walsh, MD, MPH, has developed a simple and efficient method for doing so within a minute or two that she's used with great success.
  Medscape Medical News, August 19, 2020
• ATS 2020 Pulmonary Rehab Reduces COPD Readmissions Pulmonary rehabilitation can help patients with COPD after hospital discharge, new real-world research shows, but few patients participate.
  Medscape Medical News, August 18, 2020
• PVR Reassessed as Predictor of Heart Failure A study of patients with pulmonary hypertension suggests a reconsideration of the accepted benchmark for pulmonary vascular hypertension as a predictor of heart failure may be warranted.
  Medscape Medical News, August 14, 2020
• ATS 2020 Treprostinil Improves Walk Distance in Pulmonary Hypertension Exercise capacity increased after patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease were treated with the vasodilator for 16 weeks, new research shows.
  Medscape Medical News, July 09, 2020
• ESC-HF 2020 Mortality Differs by LVEF Between Women and Men Clinically significant sex-based differences in left ventricular ejection fraction related to mortality emerged in a real-world, observational, big data study from Australia.
  Medscape Medical News, June 12, 2020
• Can Nitric Oxide Prevent COVID-19 Infection or Progression? Dr Lorenzo Berra, a Boston anesthesiologist and intensivist, discusses nitric oxide and its use in treating patients who are infected with COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, May 26, 2020
• ATS 2020 Inhaled Nitric Oxide Explored for COVID-19 Oxygenation Clinicians filed an emergency application to treat a COVID-19 patient with pulmonary hypertension with nitric oxide from a tankless device at home, and their findings have spurred clinical trials.
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2020
• Obesity Drug a New Treatment Option for Dravet Syndrome? Adding the obesity drug fenfluramine to an antiseizure medication regimen significantly reduces seizures in a rare, but severe, type of pediatric epilepsy, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, December 02, 2019
• CHEST 2019 Combo Improves Blood Flow in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Results from the OPTIMA study suggest the combination of macitentan plus tadalafil is safe and effective and improves hemodynamics for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
  Medscape Medical News, October 28, 2019
• Gadolinium Exposure Risk Highest in Early Pregnancy Pregnancy screening is key in preventing inadvertent exposure to gadolinium among women who undergo contrast-enhanced imaging procedures, a study found.
  Medscape Medical News, August 20, 2019
• Alert EU Panel Backs Closer Sartan Monitoring, Generic PAH Drug The European Medicines Agency is taking further steps to prevent future nitrosamine impurities in blood pressure and diabetes meds, and recommended approval for another generic for PAH.
  International Approvals, April 26, 2019