PAH treatment options widen
07 Mar 2008
The number of treatment options available to adults with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH
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Fears over NICE PAH guidelines
21 Mar 2008
Draft NICE guidelines on pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) have been criticised for restricting...Under the proposed guidelines, treatments for advanced PAH will no longer be available to new patients. These include intravenous epoprostenol and inhaled iloprost. The Pulmonary Hypertension ... patients, compared with present day practice. Professor Andrew Peacock from the Scottish Pulmonary ...
BNP levels useful to determine risk of hypertension
07 Apr 2006
pulmonary hypertension in patients with respiratory problems....pulmonary arterial hypertension. Am J Resp Crit Care Medicine 2006; 173: 744-50 ... German researchers found that raised blood serum BNP was associated with pulmonary hypertension ... with pulmonary hypertension who had BNP levels more than 10 times higher than those of patients with mean ...
ACE inhibitors and renal artery stenosis
25 Jun 2009
per cent of hypertensive patients may have renovascular disease. The remainder of renal artery ... in renal function, renal artery stenosis may present with resistant hypertension (most hypertension in these patients is not renovascular in origin), pulmonary oedema, renal failure (with or without hypertension ...
Pulmonary sarcoidosis
26 Mar 2008
on to develop pulmonary hypertension and enlargement of the right ventricle. Less than a third of patients show ... any organ in the body, around 85 per cent of patients will have pulmonary involvement. Multiple ... in the fifth decade and has a more insidious course. Features include cataracts, glaucoma, pulmonary fibrosis ...
Diagnosis of hypertension in pregnancy
01 Nov 2008 | by Dr Sophia Stone and Dr Catherine Nelson-Piercy
ABSTRACT The incidence of hypertension in pregnancy is increasing and pre ... systolic hypertension. A consensus has been developed for the screening and early detection of pre ... with the condition. Key words Hypertension, pregnancy, pre-eclampsia, antihypertensives Chronic hypertension ...
Surgery for pulmonary metastatic disease
04 May 2007
of metastatic spread is haematogenous, via the pulmonary arteries. The differential diagnosis of a patient ... and endobronchial metastases are less common. Calcified pulmonary metastases may be seen with osteogenic sarcoma, ovarian cancer, colorectal malignancy and lymphoma. Cavitation may be a feature in pulmonary metastasis ...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
02 Feb 2007
on their weight. Patients with severe COPD are also prone to pulmonary hypertension and hypoxic cor pulmonale ... be available. Pulmonary rehabilitation A six- to eight-week exercise programme supplemented with educational discussion minimises exacerbations of COPD. Pulmonary rehabilitation should be available to all ...
The Basics - Hypertension
01 May 2009
Hypertension must be managed to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, writes Dr Raj Thakkar....-graphy in diagnosis of left ventricular hypertrophy in arterial hypertension. BMJ 2007; 335: 711. 5. Pitt B, Zannad ... of the UK population between 40 and 79 are affected. Almost 50 per cent of over 80s are hypertensive. Definitions of hypertension vary but in general terms it is considered to be the level at which the patient ...
Expert opinion: the role of pulmonary metastasectomy
01 Nov 2007
the pulmonary arteries. The differential diagnosis of a patient with a known primary tumour and a lung nodule ... cent of patients who undergo therapeutic pulmonary metastasectomy will experience recurrence ... . Calcified pulmonary metastases may be seen with osteogenic sarcoma, ovarian cancer, colorectal malignancy ...
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