High blood pressure can indirectly cause shortness of breath by forcing the heart to work harder, which may lead to cardiovascular issues. Pulmonary hypertension, a specific type of high blood ...

Early signs of pulmonary hypertension are relatively mild and mimic common conditions such as asthma, poor fitness or anxiety. [Courtesy] Many people are familiar with hypertension, commonly described ...

New research suggests modern ventilators, which have been used frequently in recent years to treat COVID-19 patients, may cause lasting damage to the lungs. Researchers from the University of ...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a complex and often misunderstood condition characterized by high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. Unlike systemic hypertension – the "regular" high blood ...

Amresh Raina, MD, is director of the Advanced Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Allegheny General Hospital and the Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. That’s a very ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Temperature and inflation pressure pose challenges in transporting and preserving donor lungs. A lung ...

Sotatercept significantly reduces pulmonary vascular resistance in patients with CpcPH–HFpEF compared with placebo, according to a trial.