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  2. Ambrisentan - Wikipedia

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    Ambrisentan, sold under the brand name Letairis among others, is a drug used for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension. [3] [5] It is an endothelin receptor antagonist. [3] The peptide endothelin constricts muscles in blood vessels, increasing blood pressure.

  3. Pulmonary hypertension - Wikipedia

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    Treatment of pulmonary hypertension is determined by whether the PH is arterial, venous, hypoxic, thromboembolic, or miscellaneous. If it is caused by left heart disease, the treatment is to optimize left ventricular function by the use of medication or to repair/replace the mitral valve or aortic valve. [68]

  4. 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 ...

  5. Balloon pulmonary angioplasty - Wikipedia

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    Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) is an emerging minimally invasive procedure to treat chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) in people who are not suitable for pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) or still have residual pulmonary hypertension and areas of narrowing in the pulmonary arterial tree following previous PTE.

  6. Can hormone replacement therapy help treat pulmonary ... - AOL

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    Additionally, those in the pulmonary hypertension Group 1 had lower mean pulmonary artery pressure, pulmonary vascular resistance, and higher right ventricular ejection fraction if exposed to HRT.

  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]

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