Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly in patients classified as acute, ...

Direct pulmonary artery catheterization was done and pressures were measured (ES 1000 electrostatic recorder; Gould, Cleveland, Ohio), in rats anesthetized by isofluorane (Zeneca, Mississauga ...

2022). Progression from healthy pulmonary artery adventitial fibroblasts (PAAFs) and pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells (PASMCs) to pulmonary hypertension (PH) phenotype. In a parallel mechanism, ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Pulmonary artery denervation (PADN) shows promise as an intervention for pulmonary hypertension, improving key hemodynamic parameters and clinical outcomes. A ...

The meta-analysis, which reviewed 14 studies involving 372 patients, revealed that PADN could reduce metrics such as mean right atrial pressure (mRAP), mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP), and ...

Orthopnea developed in 2 patients while catheterization of the right side of the heart was being performed; the pulmonary-artery pressures were 39 systolic, 12 diastolic, and 57 systolic ...

Objective To characterise minimum ‘indicative’ prevalences and mortality data for all forms of PHT in a selected population with an elevated estimated pulmonary artery systolic pressure (ePASP) on ...

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Renal artery stenosis is the narrowing of one or both blood vessels to the kidneys. The renal arteries bring blood from the heart to the kidneys to help filter ...

Dear K.T.: Dexfenfluramine, aka Redux (also called "fen-phen" in combination with phentermine), was sold in the 1990s until it was removed from the market in 1997 after valvular heart damage and ...

Pericardial effusion was noted in 18% of participants. Mean pulmonary artery pressure (MPAP) was 43 mmHg at baseline. Mean PA diameter was 35.3 mm at baseline and grew by 0.4 mm per year. The ...