and pulmonary hypertension may be particularly relevant to the pathophysiology heart failure in patients with preserved ejection fraction, there is compelling rationale for extending the ...

Introduction and Objectives Mutations in the bone morphogenetic protein type II receptor gene (BMPR-II) are central to the pathogenesis of familial pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). They are ...

The immune protein STAT6 may be a driver of pulmonary hypertension in people with obstructive sleep apnea, a study in mice ...

February is American Heart Month. In this week’s House Call, we talk to Dr. Hassan Alhosaini with the Novant Health Heart and ...

Researchers are tackling neutrophilic asthma, successfully developing one of the first mouse models of the condition.

About 90% of U.S. adults meet the criteria for a newly recognized syndrome that comes from a combination of heart disease, ...

This difference becomes clear in pulmonary hypertension, in which only the lungs' blood vessels stiffen progressively, leading ... Researchers Identify Over 2,000 Genetic Signals Linked to Blood ...

Furin is identified as the key enzyme responsible for cleaving the apelin precursor. Inhibiting this cleavage could serve as ...

Systolic blood pressure decreases by at least 20 mmHg upon standing Diastolic blood pressure decreases by at least 10 mmHg upon standing Orthostatic hypertension—in contrast to orthostatic ...

Following an admission to the authors’ centre with severe anaemia, duodenal biopsy confirmed the diagnosis of Whipple’s ...

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, affects nearly half of all U.S. adults. This common condition has little to no symptoms, meaning many people don’t even know they have it.