Please forgive the hiatus in posting new content. When I am not caring for pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary fibrosis patients I am also an intensive care unit doctor and have been inundated caring for many thousands of patients with severe COVID. My team and I have cared for well over 8,000 patients with severe COVID during the past two years. Over the past year it has … [Read more...]
5 Tips for PH Patients During Flu & Cold Season
It is that time of year when the flu and cold are being passed around with holiday cookies and cards. Below are 5 helpful tips to help PH patients avoid getting sick. … [Read more...]
Why I Am A Pulmonary Hypertension Specialist
November is PAH awareness month. It seems fitting to reflect on my career choice to specialize in the treatment of patients with PAH. … [Read more...]
November 18th is the First Ever CTEPH Awareness Day
As part of PAH Awareness Month this year November 18th has been assigned as the official CTEPH Awareness Day. This will be the first ever awareness day focused on CTEPH or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. … [Read more...]
Combination Therapy for PAH: AMBITION Study Yields Impressive Results
Gilead recently presented the results of AMBITION, their largest PAH study. This study compared the long term outcomes of pulmonary arterial hypertension patients who had been recently diagnosed and were randomized to either Tadalafil (Adcirca), Ambrisentan (Letairis) or the combination of the two. … [Read more...]
