Pulmonary hypertension

Ultrasound-Accelerated Thrombolysis: An Optimal Solution for Undertreated Patients With Intermediate-Risk PE

12/07/2015

Tod C. Engelhardt, MD, FACS, Vascular & Vein Institute, East Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie, Louisiana

Tod C. Engelhardt, MD, FACS, Vascular...

For a large majority of patients with acute intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism (PE), the usual standard of care of anticoagulation alone falls far short of saving lives and avoiding long-term sequelae, such as chronic thromboembolic...

For a large majority of patients...

12/07/2015

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Education

Test Your Knowledge: An Overview of Pulmonary Hypertension and an Opportunity to Assess Your Hemodynamic Skills

11/02/2015

Richard J. Merschen EdS, RT(R)(CV), RCIS¹, Mfonobong Ikpim, BS, RT(R)², Fahad Alghamdi, BS², Xinmin Liu, BS, RT(R)²

¹Adjunct Assistant Professor, Jefferson School of Health Professions; Senior Staff Technologist, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;²Jefferson School of Health Professions, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The authors can be contacted via Richard J. Merschen EdS, RT(R)(CV), RCIS, at richardmerschen@verizon.net.

Richard J. Merschen EdS, RT(R)(CV), R...

Pulmonary hypertension (PHTN) is an abnormal elevation in pulmonary artery pressure and may be an idiopathic presentation, the result of left heart failure, pulmonary vascular disease, thromboembolic events, interstitial lung diseases, or a...

Pulmonary hypertension (PHTN) is...

11/02/2015

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