Μαρ 30, 2016 | Medical News, Scientific articles
By Patricia Inacio, PhD Galectin-3 (Gal-3) and the hormone aldosterone are two potentialbiomarkers for disease progression in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension, according to a recent study, “Galectin-3 and aldosterone as potential tandem biomarkers in...Ιαν 28, 2016 | Medical News, Scientific articles
By DANIELA SEMEDO, PHD Work on a doctoral dissertation at Umeå University in Sweden led to the discovery of new blood biomarkers reflecting vasoreactivity in lung blood vessels of patients with heart and lung disease, which can lead to simplified diagnostics and...Ιαν 22, 2016 | Medical News, Scientific articles
BY MAGDALENA KEGEL Right ventricular dysfunction is intimately linked to pulmonary hypertension (PH). Since the dynamics of the two ventricles of the heart are connected through the shared tissue of the septum – the wall between the two ventricles – the team behind a...Ιαν 16, 2016 | Medical News, Scientific articles
By MALIKA AMMAM, PHD A recent study suggests that RNA fragments called microRNAs (miRNAs), long thought of as genetic “junk,” actually control the production of endothelial cells, whose over-proliferation is responsible for the development of pulmonary...Δεκ 11, 2015 | Announcements, Medical News, Scientific articles
BY MARGARIDA AZEVEDO Over the last decade, new oral therapy agents in the form of pills used for the management and treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) have been integrated and improved, such as ERAs, PDE-5 inhibitors, and prostacyclin analogs. Oral PAH...Νοέ 30, 2015 | Announcements, Medical News, Scientific articles
By ANA PAMPLONA, PHD A new study identifies the hemodynamic variables that distinguish patients with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) from those with isolated post-capillary pulmonary hypertension (PH), a finding that will help to diagnose and treat...
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