Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

The AJMC® Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension compendium is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights for the progressive disorder, which is characterized by high blood pressure in the arteries that go from the heart to the lungs.

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Why Right Heart Catheterization Confirming PAH Diagnosis May Be Underperformed

November 20th 2024

Professional guidelines say that when pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is diagnosed, right heart catheterization should be performed, but a quarter of the time, it isn’t—so investigators set out to discover why.

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Poor Sleep Quality Associated With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

November 14th 2024

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Refinements to European Strategy Can Improve PAH-CHD Stratification

November 6th 2024

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PAH Treatment Outcomes Similar Regardless of Diagnosis Time

November 1st 2024

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Early Use of Triple Oral Therapy May Lower Hospitalizations for PAH

October 23rd 2024

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February 6th 2023

Nationwide Data Show Delayed Correct Diagnosis for PAH

Jaime Rosenberg
The long time to diagnosis is consistent with data pointing to pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) often being misdiagnosed as asthma, said the researchers, adding that the findings from their retrospective study provide valuable insight into where the diagnostic pathway lags.
researcher looking into microscope
January 27th 2023

Researchers Find 4 Biomarkers Linked to Copper Metabolism in PAH

Hayden E. Klein
The 4 biomarkers linked to copper metabolism in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) were DDIT3, NFKBIA, OSM, and PTGER4.
pregnant woman holding stomach
January 19th 2023

Fetal Outcomes, Maternal Mortality Vary Among Pregnant Women With Different Types of PH

Hayden E. Klein
A small study conducted in China suggests pregnant women with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (iPAH) are at higher risk of maternal mortality compared with women with certain other types of pulmonary hypertension (PH).
Woman coughing
January 9th 2023

Contraction, Mortality Rate of COVID-19 Was Lower in Vaccinated Patients With PAH

Julia Bonavitacola
Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) were more likely to die or be hospitalized if they contracted COVID-19 but were less likely to die from COVID-19 if they were vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2.
Macitentan box
January 6th 2023

Macitentan for PAH Associated With Cost-effectiveness, Higher Total QALYs

Julia Bonavitacola
This new study from Iran investigated outcomes following treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) with macitentan compared with bosentan.
Top 5 graphic for PAH content
December 31st 2022

Top 5 Most-Read PAH Content of 2022

Maggie L. Shaw
The most-read articles in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) for this year ran the gamut of special-interest areas: from treatment costs to pediatric PAH to high-risk patients.
Image of a stethoscope
December 21st 2022

Hemodynamic Improvement Seen From Combo Treatment for PoPH

Maggie L. Shaw
For this analysis, the Japan Pulmonary Hypertension Registry provided data from 2008 to 2021 on patients with diagnosed portopulmonary hypertension (PoPH).
Image of a sick child
December 4th 2022

TPS Improves PAH Functional Outcomes in a Pediatric Population

Maggie L. Shaw
The study investigators wanted more data on long-term outcomes in pediatric patients following implantation of a transcatheter Potts shunt (TPS) for treatment of severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
Image of a blood pressure gauge
November 22nd 2022

Remote BP, Cholesterol Management Effective, but Patient Engagement Could Be Better

Maggie L. Shaw
Researchers investigated outcomes following implementation of remote care that targeted effective control of hypertension, or elevated blood pressure (BP), and cholesterol management.
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November 17th 2022

Hypertension Knowledge, Training Lacking Within Internal Medicine Programs

Maggie L. Shaw
Despite the commonality of hypertension among US adults—nearly half of them have elevated blood pressure—hypertension education among internal residents has not kept up with the condition’s prevalence.
Image of an EKG flatline
November 11th 2022

PH, ILD Contribute to Higher Mortality Risks Among Patients With Systemic Sclerosis

Maggie L. Shaw
This investigation involved analyses of the potential for pulmonary hypertension (PH) and interstitial lung disease (ILD) to have an impact on patients living with systemic sclerosis.
Image of macitentan
November 3rd 2022

Macitentan Safety, Effectiveness in PAH Confirmed in New Analysis

Maggie L. Shaw
Two data sets from patients with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) show the benefits of macitentan (Opsumit) monotherapy despite guidelines calling for combination therapy, even among patients with World Health Organizational functional class I-II disease.
An image of the kidneys and the heart
October 24th 2022

Potential Risk Factors Identified for RRT Among Patients With PH

Maggie L. Shaw
According to the study authors, acute decompensated pulmonary hypertension (PH) is often accompanied by systemic congestion and right ventricular flow output, and because PH can be accompanied by acute kidney injury, renal replacement therapy (RRT) may be necessary.
child in bed
October 19th 2022

Syncope May Increase Vasoreactivity Among Pediatric Patients With PAH

Maggie L. Shaw
Although group 1 pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) with comorbid syncope has been linked to a poor prognosis among adults, this relationship remains uncertain in pediatric patients, prompting a new study.
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October 11th 2022

Sepsis, Septic Shock Likely Increase Risk of Adverse Outcomes in PAH

Maggie L. Shaw
Investigators for this study analyzed outcomes among patients hospitalized with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) who have higher risks of adverse health outcomes, in particular sepsis and septic shock.
Image of an ultrasound
October 5th 2022

Optimizing PH-Related Pregnancy Outcomes Requires Additional Risk Stratification

Maggie L. Shaw
This study evaluated pregnancy-related outcomes among women with pulmonary hypertension (PH) ranging from mild to severe in disease severity.
Image of a child on a nebulizer
September 28th 2022

Potential for PHC Necessitates Pediatric Cardiology Care for Children With PAH

Maggie L. Shaw
Outcomes following right heart catheterization in a pediatric patient population were analyzed, with emphasis placed on risk of adverse outcomes following the procedure, especially the development of pulmonary hypertensive crisis (PHC).
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September 22nd 2022

Hypertension Manifests Earlier in Black, Hispanic Adults vs White Adults

Maggie L. Shaw
Researchers used 2011-2020 data to examine age- and race-/ethnicity-related trends in hypertension diagnosis, with implications for future cardiovascular disease care.
Group of women
September 16th 2022

Potential for Precision Medicine Approach in PAH Explored in New Study

Maggie L. Shaw
This new study of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) among women examined the in-common symptoms of different disease phenotypes to see where they overlap and ultimately to define the “symptome” according to symptom cluster and characteristics.
Imager of a cardiac alert
September 8th 2022

Mortality Worsens Following Borderline PH Diagnosis Among Patients With LHF

Maggie L. Shaw
Following a recent update to the diagnostic criteria for borderline pulmonary hypertension (PH), which is often associated with left heart failure (LHF), outcomes among patients with both conditions remain uncertain.
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September 1st 2022

Results of Macitentan in PAH From SERAPHIN OL Echo Earlier Trial Safety Data

Maggie L. Shaw
This open-label extension of the SERAPHIN trial evaluated the long-term safety and tolerability of a small daily dose of the endothelin receptor antagonist against pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) among patients from the original study.
Image of a pregnant patient
August 26th 2022

Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy on the Rise

Maggie L. Shaw
The rates of 3 hypertensive disorders were compared among 2 groups of women: those who gave birth between 1995 and 1999 vs 2015 to 2019.
Doctor with premature infant
August 16th 2022

Risk of PH Increases With Preterm Birth

Maggie L. Shaw
Infants born between the 23rd and 25th weeks of pregnancy, classified as extremely low gestational age newborns, are surviving in increasing numbers, note study authors, and with that is growing clinical interest in their long-term sequelae, including pulmonary hypertension (PH).
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August 12th 2022

Exercise Right Heart Catheterization Can Help Clarify PH Diagnosis

Jared Kaltwasser
Investigators found significant shifts in diagnosis of and prescriptions for pulmonary hypertension (PH) when exercise right heart catheterization was used.
Gary Owens, MD, president, Gary Owens Associates
August 9th 2022

Dr Gary Owens: Payers Need to Be Doing More for Patients With PAH

Gianna Melillo Maggie L. Shaw
Gary Owens, MD, president of Gary Owens Associates, addresses how payers can improve outcomes for persons who have pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
Image of Gary Owens, MD, President, Gary Owens Associates
August 1st 2022

Dr Gary Owens Addresses Managing PAH-Associated Treatment Costs

Gianna Melillo Maggie L. Shaw
Garo Owens, MD, is president of Gary Owens Associates, and here he discusses optimizing treatment goals for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) while reducing care costs.
Man with hand on head
July 28th 2022

How Much Do Physicians Know About SDOH in Their Patients With PAH?

Alisha Lekh
Clinicians interviewed in a recent study reported various social determinants of health (SDOH) affecting health outcomes for patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), indicating the need to address SDOH in PAH care.
Neon-enhanced heart image
July 19th 2022

HFpEF-PH Improves Following Treatment With Sacubitril/Valsartan

Maggie L. Shaw
Several measures of hemodynamic capacity were improved in this study that evaluated sacubitril/valsartan use for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and pulmonary hypertension (HFpEF-PH).
Image of a person deciding on which path to take
July 12th 2022

Functional Capacity Dropped Among Patients With PAH Following COVID-19 Lockdown

Maggie L. Shaw
A Belgian study compared exercise performance before and after COVID-19 lockdown measures were swiftly implemented in the country among patients with preexisting pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
Image of heart and lungs
July 8th 2022

New Findings May Have Implications for PH Classification

Jaime Rosenberg
Researchers have found that patients who have idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) with a phenotype characterized by a smoking history and low diffusion capacity for carbon monoxide had little in common with patients with classical IPAH.
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