CTEPH Increases Risk for Sleep Disordered Breathing
Precapillary pulmonary hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea may be causative factors for central sleep apnea and pulmonary hypertension, respectively.
Precapillary pulmonary hypertension and obstructive sleep apnea may be causative factors for central sleep apnea and pulmonary hypertension, respectively.
Arrhythmia was a significant predictor of mortality in adult patients with congenital heart disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Although varenicline was effective for short-term smoking cessation, more than half of the patients in the EVITA trial relapsed after 1 year.
Patients with pulmonary hypertension have a high risk for adverse events during and following cardiac catheterization, but high case volume may help ameliorate this risk.
Women with pulmonary arterial hypertension experienced better long-term prognosis than men with PAH.
Enlargement of the right atrium is associated with an increased risk for supraventricular arrhythmias in PAH.
Peak circulatory power offers greater value than peak oxygen uptake and ventilation in predicting cardiac events in patients with idiopathic PAH.
Hypoxemia in individuals with idiopathic PAH is associated with increased mortality risk.
Physician-hospital consolidation may increase with 340B drug pricing program participation.
Patients with suspected PH should undergo two 6MWTs to improve the accuracy of exercise capacity measurements.