Healio

Adjusting for esophageal pressure in obesity may lower pulmonary hypertension risk

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adjusting pulmonary hemodynamics for esophageal pressure in patients with obesity and high pulmonary artery ...
Nature

Impact of gender and healthy aging on pulmonary capillary wedge pressure estimated by the kinetics-tracking index using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography

Risk stratification in heart failure (HF) among patients and healthy subjects using pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) is important for understanding when and why HF develops. The aim of the ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Changes in Pressures in the Left Atrium and Pulmonary Artery Immediately before and after Mitral Valvuloplasty

Parker et al. 4 reported immediate changes in the respective pressures in 21 patients during mitral commissurotomy — usually an immediate drop. The percentage reduction was higher for the pressure in ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Effects of Sublingual Administration of Nitroglycerin on Pulmonary-Artery Pressure in Patients with Failure of the Left Ventricle

CHEST discomfort associated with paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea is frequently quite distressing, and some patients describe this discomfort as pain. 1 During the past several years, we have noted in the ...
Healio

Patient engagement with daily pulmonary artery pressure readings shows benefit in HF

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Engagement in daily pulmonary artery pressure readings may benefit patients with heart failure. Patients made ...
TCTMD

TCT 908: Right Atrial Pressure/Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure Ratio in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation for Severe Aortic Stenosis

TCT 279: Impacts of Hospital Volume and Patient-Hospital Distances on Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Percutaneous Microaxial Ventricular Assist Devices for Cardiogenic Shock Receive the the latest ...
Medscape

Combo Improves Blood Flow in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

For patients with newly diagnosed pulmonary arterial hypertension, the combination of macitentan (Opsumit, Actelion Pharmaceuticals) plus tadalafil (Adcirca, Eli Lilly) improves hemodynamics, function ...
Morningstar

CorVista Health Presents New Data on Non-Invasive Point of Care Testing for Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure (PCWP) Elevation Using Machine Learning

The poster titled ‘Point-of-Care Testing for Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure Elevation Using Machine Learning on Non-invasive Signals’ was presented at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual ...
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease: so near and yet so far

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a heterogeneous clinical condition. Due to its hemodynamic features and pathophysiological mechanisms, it is categorized as a form of precapillary pulmonary ...
mp.pl

A challenging phenotype of pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare disease in which the progressive narrowing of the lumen of pulmonary arteries leads to a rise in pulmonary arterial pressure and pulmonary vascular ...
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CorVista Health Presents New Data on Non-Invasive Point of Care Testing for Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure (PCWP) Elevation Using Machine Learning

BETHESDA, Md., March 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CorVista Health today announced a poster presentation showcasing preliminary results of its machine learning-based algorithm for non-invasively ...