The AJMC® Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension compendium is a comprehensive resource for clinical news and expert insights for the progressive disorder, which is characterized by high blood pressure in the arteries that go from the heart to the lungs.
May 14th 2024
Closer monitoring of youth hypertension could lessen the disease in adults, reducing overall costs and morbidity related to cardiovascular disease (CVD), new research shows.
What We’re Reading: Unpaid Medical Debt; COVID-19 and Hypertension; SNAP Work Requirement Changes
August 21st 2023About 17 million middle-class Americans have unpaid medical bills; more than 1 in 5 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 developed high blood pressure; work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to begin in September.
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SPRINT Data Link Reduced Mortality, Total Physical Activity in High-Risk Hypertension
August 10th 2023Study authors investigated the effect of physical activity as a modifiable risk factor among individuals living with high-risk hypertension in this subanalysis of data from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT).
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Researchers Share Insights From Patients Enrolled in Innovative PAH Repository
July 28th 2023Called the TRIO comprehensive, integrated patient data repository (TRIO CIPDR), the unique registry combines clinical data from electronic health records with pharmacy data, including PAH-specific drugs prescribed, as well as the dates prescribed, administered, and refilled.
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Certain BP Patterns in Early Pregnancy May Help Predict Hypertensive Disorders
July 24th 2023When used in conjunction with other risk factors, the 6 distinct blood pressure patterns were able to accurately predict and stratify risk of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy regardless of race or ethnicity.
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GERD Treatment May Yield More Favorable PH Outcomes for Patients With Codiagnoses
July 14th 2023This retrospective study shows that among nearly 160,000 patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH), those who also had gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) had lower rates of morbidity and mortality.
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ADI Linked With Primary Hypertension Among Youth Medicaid Beneficiaries
July 7th 2023The cross-sectional study found that higher childhood neighborhood area deprivation index (ADI), obesity, age, sex, and length of Medicaid benefit coverage are all associated with a primary hypertension diagnosis among youth residing in Delaware.
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Novel Claims-Based Algorithm Identifies Patients With PAH 6 Months Before Diagnosis
June 23rd 2023The model has potential to assist integrated delivery network health care providers through early identification of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a rare but fast-progressing condition.
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Research Explores Causes Behind Ineffective NO Treatment for Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension
May 5th 2023Researchers set out to examine the effects of sodium nitroprusside on the thromboxane-mediated contraction and nitric oxide (NO)-independent relaxation pathways and on reactive oxygen species accumulation in pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells.
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Children of Mothers With HDP Have Greater Risk of Overall, Specific High Refractive Error
May 1st 2023A Danish study of nationwide registries estimated a 39% greater risk of high refractive error among children of mothers with hypertensive disorder of pregnancy (HDP), a complication that affects 5% to 10% of pregnancies.
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Case Report of Novel Variant in Patient With PAH Highlights Benefit of Genetic Testing
April 22nd 2023Subsequent testing revealed the presence of the variant in the patient’s siblings, also underscoring the importance of counseling family members who have pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).
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PEA Leads to Long-term QOL Improvement in People With CTEPH, Study Suggests
April 17th 2023Most patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) said they can go about their daily activities without restriction, the authors found, because of gains in functional status and quality of life (QOL).
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Patients With PAH Accrue Higher Costs, HRU, Regardless of Etiology
April 10th 2023Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) related to connective tissue disorders (CTDs) and patients with PAH related to another condition accrued higher costs and higher health care resource use (HRU) vs patients who had CTD without PH.
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Study Underscores Need for Optimal RV Function Measures in PH
March 18th 2023Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction has previously been linked to symptoms and mortality in pulmonary hypertension (PH), as well as in other conditions, and RV function plays an important role in disease risk and potentially in intensification of pulmonary arterial hypertension treatment.
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Noninvasive Predictors of Pulmonary Hypertension in Interstitial Lung Disease Identified
March 11th 2023The researchers noted that their study is the first to assess the ability of noninvasive variables, both resting- and exercise-based, to identify pulmonary hypertension in interstitial lung disease.
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Impaired Exercise Capacity From PAH-CHD Most Prominent in Patients With Eisenmenger Syndrome
February 25th 2023Study findings offer insight into how exercise intolerance varies among subgroups of pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with congenital heart disease (PAH-CHD), as previous data have characterized impaired exercise tolerance among PAH-CHD as a whole.
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Novel Machine Learning Model May Detect Pulmonary Hypertension Earlier
February 24th 2023Having a diagnostic model that leverages artificial intelligence could fill a gap in the pulmonary hypertension (PH) diagnostic pathway, as there are currently just 2 validated screening algorithms for PH.
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