Pulmonary Vascular Disease News

In adults with intermediate-high-risk pulmonary embolism, catheter-directed fibrinolysis plus anticoagulation appears safe and was associated with favorable imaging-based findings compared with anticoagulation monotherapy, data show.

Macitentan showed no new safety signals in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension from two real-world datasets, according to a study published in Pulmonary Circulation.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In this Healio exclusive, Samantha Pettigrew, MD, discusses CHEST’s 2021 update to its clinical guidelines on using anticoagulation for venous thromboembolism at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Reduced flow-mediated dilation was observed among both e-cigarette and traditional cigarette users, but circulating levels of certain inflammatory and thrombotic mediators differed between the two groups, researchers reported.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In this Healio exclusive, Parth Rali, MD, spotlights education on mechanical circulatory support devices at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

SAN DIEGO — Pulmonary arterial hypertension’s prevalence and rate of progression in patients with connective tissue diseases should make regular screening a priority, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In this Healio exclusive, Belinda Natalia Rivera-Lebron, MD, MS, highlights the role of artificial intelligence as a tool for acute pulmonary embolism risk stratification.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Patients admitted with background secondary pulmonary hypertension may have an increased risk for acute kidney injury and adverse outcomes, according to a presenter at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis appeared associated with increased mortality rates and worse outcomes among in-hospital cardiac arrest survivors, according to study results presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.

Nintedanib maintains its safety and efficacy for up to 3 years in patients with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease, according to data published the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.