http://www.phocusonlifestyle.org is the “sister” website to that of the UK Pulmonary Hypertension, PHA UK. It is aimed at patients and peers supporting each other through stories. It also houses written resources covering a very wide range of issues related to living with pulmonary hypertension including:
Warmest congratulations to PHA Canada for its 15th anniversary! Check out their anniversary video on YouTube In English at this link in French at this link PHA Canada’s National PH Community Conference is coming up soon, on June 9-10, in Ottawa. Select conference sessions will be made available via Zoom. Here is the link to
The 4-part video series developed by the Pulmonary Hypertension Association of Canada, PHA Canada, covers the following topics: The video series can be viewed at this link on the PHA Canada website
April 4, 2023 Michelle Sykes, M.D., Ph.D., discusses key signs and symptoms of paediatric pulmonary hypertension which may be confused with other common childhood conditions. This video is presented as part of the PHA Classroom. Click here for the YouTube link to the video
The UK Pulmonary Hypertension Association (PHA UK) asked the community what they wanted to know about how artificial intelligence might affect diagnosis and management of pulmonary hypertension, and then put their questions to Dr Andy Swift, a Cardiothoracic Radiologist working with the Sheffield Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit. Here is the link to the video
The video, posted by mukuls_pharmacology, an educational Instagram account, shows how blood flows through the heart into the lungs (persons dressed in blue) and then back from the lungs, after being enriched with oxygen (persons dressed in red), into the body. Interesting! See video at this link “POUMONS” means “LUNGS” in English
What is chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension? The President of PHASSc, the Turkish pulmonary hypertension association, interviews three medical experts for this educational video.
Educational video about chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension by Prof. Dr. Bedrettin Yildizeli from the Marmara University in Turkey, shared by PAHSSc, the Turkish pulmonary hypertension patient association. The video che can be viewed on the PAHSSc YouTube channel at this link
Excellent educational video in French language about chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, developed by RespiFil. Discusses causes of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, symptoms, diagnostic work up, treatments. Features interviews with French PH experts from the French Network of PH (Pulmotension) including Prof. Marc Humbert from the University Hospitals of Paris-Sud Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre (France), and a
Vallerie McLaughlin, MD from Michigan Medicine’s Cardiovascular Center, discusses the basics of clinical trials in this very informative video care of phaware. Check out the video on the phaware YouTube channel at this link Learn more about phaware at this link
400+ pulmonary hypertension patient, caregiver and medical professionals’ stories from the podcast series by phaware global association® I’M AWARE THAT I’M RARE: THE PHAWARE® PODCAST is devoted to raising global awareness about pulmonary hypertension with dynamic stories from pulmonary hypertension patients, caregivers and medical professionals from around the world. Over 400 stories have been included in the podcast
An educational ideo developed by phaware about chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. The video can be view at this link on the phaware website
PHA Europe organized an event in the EU Parliament on April 26, 2022 for the launch of its “Call to Action on the unmet needs of patients with pulmonary hypertension”. The event was hosted by MEP Istvan Ujhelyi (Hungary) and chaired by Prof. Marc Humbert (ERS President). The Call to Action is a revisit of
On the occasion of the 2022 edition of the Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Day, on May 5, HTaPFrance released a short film titled “Regards croisés”, which presents three people who currently have or have had epoprostenol treatment intravenously, using a pump and a centralised catheter. They share their experience with the pump in day to day
Excellent educational video in French language about pulmonary arterial hypertension developed by Respifil. Discusses causes, symptoms, diagnostic work up, treatments. Features interviews with French pulmonary hypertension experts from the French Network of pulmonary hypertension (Pulmotension) including Prof. Marc Humbert and Olivier Sitbon from the University Hospitals of Paris-Sud Bicetre, Le Kremlin-Bicetre (France), and a pulmonary
Rosie Matthysen was a pulmonary hypertension patient and a patient advocate. She was the founder of HTAP Belgique, the Belgian francophone pulmonary hypertension association, one of the founding members of PHA Europe. In this touching video poste on the PHA EUROPE YouTube channel Rosie tells her story and tells us about her life with pulmonary
Rosie’s “Breathtaking Story”, submitted by the Belgian French association HTAP Belgique Read Post »
Pulmonary arterial hypertension explained in simple words, with excellent visuals, in a French educational video posted on the HTAPFrance YouTube channel.
In case you missed the European Organisation for Rare Diseases (EURORDIS)’s live event on equity in access to COVID-19 vaccines you can listen to the presentations by top vaccine expert Francois Houÿez and EURORDIS CEO Yann Le Cam on the EURORDIS YouTube channel at this link
“Pulmonary Hypertension-Get informed and inform” is an educational video about pulmonary hypertension. It can be viewed on the Greek association for Pulmonary Hypertension, Hellenic PH’s Youtube channel at this link
View the video at this link on the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust YouTube channel
