The human heart is similar to a pump that maintains the circulation of oxygenated blood in the body. But sometimes, due to structural problems, blood may flow in the wrong direction inside the heart.

In a phase 2 trial, treatment with sotatercept shows reduced pulmonary vascular resistance and heart outcomes in patients ...

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Pulmonary embolism, or PE, is a serious and sometimes life-threatening condition that occurs when a blood clot travels to the ...

As ISHLT comes to Toronto, decades of innovation in treating cardiac and pulmonary conditions are translating into better ...

A University of Alberta research team has found a genetic variant that can be used to identify which patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension need the most urgent care. "This could potentially ...

Patients who have heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and high blood pressure in the lungs (pulmonary ...

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Organ donation after the heart stops beating, a practice called donation after circulatory death, has gone from rare to routine in the United States, a new study shows. This shift over the past 25 ...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a serious condition in which there is abnormally high pressure in the blood vessels between the lungs and the heart. PH has a high mortality rate if untreated.

Contemporary hemodynamic testing intersects with many aspects of cardiovascular disease management. There is a growing understanding that accurate diagnosis, phenotyping, and management of cardiogenic ...