The systemic circulation is under high pressure - it has to deliver blood to the extremities of the body. The pulmonary circulation is under lower pressure, because: blood is delivered to the ...

As a result, the right side of the heart has to pump harder to transport blood to the lungs and the blood pressure in the pulmonary circulation rises. The active ingredient sotatercept ...

The 18-meter walk test (18MWT) effectively evaluates disease severity and predicts clinical outcomes in pulmonary arterial ...

A pulmonary arteriovenous malformation is an abnormal connection between an artery and a vein within the lungs that allows deoxygenated venous blood to pass directly into the system circulation.

Medicaid beneficiaries face higher rates of pulmonary hypertension, with significant economic burdens and racial disparities ...

The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine offers a three-year combined ACGME-accredited comprehensive subspecialty training program ...

I graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1991 and undertook a period of postgraduate research in Dundee examining the effects of hypoxia, hypercapnia and vasoactive peptides on the pulmonary ...