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2. Pulmonary hypertension - Wikipedia

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   Medications specifically used to treat pulmonary hypertension include epoprostenol, treprostinil, iloprost, bosentan, ambrisentan, macitentan, and sildenafil, tadalafil, selexipag, riociguat. [4] Lung transplantation may be an option in severe cases. [6] The frequency of occurrence is estimated at 1,000 new cases per year in the United States.

3. Mom, 41, with cancer was told she needed a double lung ...

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   Doctors noticed, though, that she had pulmonary hypertension, a condition where the blood pressure in the lungs is high, according to the National Institutes of Health. They worried that medicine ...

4. Wendy Chung - Wikipedia

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   Chung has concentrated research efforts for cardiac disease on pulmonary arterial hypertension, inherited arrhythmias, and cardiomyopathies. [20] Chung has found four genes which cause pulmonary hypertension. [20] Chung's current research is focused on identifying genes leading to pulmonary hypertension in children. [20]

5. Merck's therapy for rare lung condition shown to help reduce ...

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   Winrevair was approved to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a progressive disorder caused by a constriction of arteries in the lungs, leading to symptoms such as shortness of breath ...

6. Pulmonology - Wikipedia

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   Pulmonologists are involved in both clinical and basic research of the respiratory system, ranging from the anatomy of the respiratory epithelium to the most effective treatment of pulmonary hypertension. Scientific research also takes place to look for causes and possible treatment in diseases such as pulmonary tuberculosis and lung cancer.

7. Pulmonary arterial hypertension - Wikipedia

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   A pulmonary artery wedge pressure being less than 15 mmHg (also measured by right heart catheterization) excludes post-capillary bed (in the veins distal to the capillary bed) pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a subgroup of pulmonary hypertension and is categorized as World Health Organization as group 1. [3]