Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy is a surgery used to treat chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. It’s the treatment of choice for this condition. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension ...

When Heather Kauffman was a child, her brother BJ died when he was 5 of what she thought at the time was a “rare lung disease.” For much of her life, she had no idea what it was and just knew that ...

(StatePoint) November is Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month, and the American Lung Association, with support from Merck, is raising awareness about one form of the condition: pulmonary arterial ...

This content was provided by George Washington University Hospital. Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, MD, MSc, is a fellowship-trained cardiologist and professor of medicine at GW Medicine, who also serves as ...