News – PULMONARY HYPERTENSION

Global, Regional, and National Burden of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Among Women of Childbearing Age, 1990–2021, Pulmonary Circulation, August 20, 2025

This global study spanning from 1990 to 2021, published in Pulmonary Circulation, aimed to delineate the global burden of pulmonary arterial hypertension among women of childbearing age. The research reveals both encouraging and concerning trends. While mortality and disability rates have declined over the past three decades due to improved treatments, the absolute number of […]

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Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH): sex-specific differences and outcomes, Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, Jan-Dec 2025

Pulmonary arterial hypertension has a higher prevalence in women than men, yet notable sex-based differences influence disease presentation, treatment response, and outcomes. Based on data from major pulmonary arterial hypertension clinical trials the authors of a recent study published in Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease have found that: These sex-based differences, say the authors, highlight

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Survey uncovers significant emotional and social impacts beyond traditional medical outcomes for women with pulmonary arterial hypertension, Healio, May 19, 2025

Isabella Hornick’s article, “ Women with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Report Struggles with Family Planning and Caregiver Needs”, published by Healio on May 19, 2205, reports on comprehensive survey conducted on 275 women with pulmonary arterial hypertension aged 21-50 from the U.S., U.K., Canada, and Germany. The average age of the included women differed at PAH

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Pregnancy and pulmonary arterial hypertension: Management challenges, International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease, March 2025

This article, published in the International Journal of Cardiology Congenital Heart Disease in March 2025, discusses pulmonary hypertension in pregnancy, historically associated with poor outcomes, and provides recent evidence suggesting that the prognosis varies based on underlying cause and severity. The authors emphasize the need for individualized care through a multidisciplinary team approach at tertiary

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According to research presented at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) congress hormone replacement therapy may be associated with improved pulmonary hypertension in women

Interesting news from American Thoracic Society congress 2024, taking place May 17-22 in San Diego, USA. According to research presented at the congress the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may be associated with improved pulmonary hypertension in women. The study included 742 women from all five World Health Organization pulmonary hypertension groups. Audriana Hurbon MD is the

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Wrapping up a successful year of pulmonary hypertension knowledge-sharing educational live web events!

The Alliance for Pulmonary Hypertension has just held the last webinar of the six-part series it launched in June 2023 exploring the innovations outlined in the 2022 joint clinical guidelines on pulmonary hypertension by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS). Across these six insightful sessions, we delved into pivotal

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Lay summary of the 2022 ESC/ERS clinical guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension now available in 11 languages!

“Diagnosing and treating pulmonary hypertension – understanding the professional guidelines” is an easy to understand summary of the joint European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Respiratory Society (ERS) clinical guidelines for pulmonary hypertension (PH). It was published on the European Lung Foundation (ELF) website on 02/11/2022. It is for people with pulmonary hypertension, or

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A study investigating how intimacy is affected by pulmonary hypertension, initiated by the Board of the Dutch Pulmonary Hypertension Association, was published in “Clinical Research in Cardiology” on April 30, 2023

The aim of this study was to investigate sexual functioning in men and women with pulmonary hypertension. The initiative to undertake this study was taken some years ago by members of the Board of Stichting Pulmonale Hypertensie, the Dutch Pulmonary Hypertension Association, who asked healthcare professionals to address the issue of sexuality in relation to

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The 2022 “Clinical Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension” by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Respiratory Society (ERS)

The work of two years of the Task Force in charge of the new European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Respiratory Society (ERS) joint Clinical Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension has finally come to an end. The new guidelines were officially presented yesterday at the ESC Annual Congress in Barcelona

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