Athens, Greece - The prostacyclin analog iloprost (Ilomedine, Bayer), administered prophylactically, may help prevent contrast-induced kidney injury in patients with renal dysfunction undergoing ...

Prostacyclin (PGI2) and phosphodiesterase 5 (PDE5) inhibitors are vasodilators used in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Although these drugs stimulate vascular dilation directly ...

A team of scientists from Germany has recently conducted a study to investigate the effect of inhaled prostacyclin on the prognosis of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) induced by coronavirus ...

ATLANTA, Georgia — Inhaled aerosolized prostacyclin (iAP), specifically epoprostenol, might be an effective alternative to inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) for refractory hypoxemia and severe pulmonary ...

AbstractTransition from prostacyclin analogue infusion to oral therapy in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is possible with acceptable short- and midterm results. However, there is ...

Findings in The American Journal of Pathology open avenues for development of therapeutic strategies to enhance membrane repair and prevent preterm birth “Preterm birth is a major challenge in ...

Fourteen normotensive and 14 hypertensive black men with mild essential low-renin hypertension were examined during two protocols producing sodium depletion (less than 40 mmol sodium diet per day) for ...

Three major pathways involved in abnormal proliferation and contraction of the smooth-muscle cells of the pulmonary artery in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension are shown. These pathways ...

The study was performed at the Center for Developmental Lung Biology at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo. In a well-established lamb model of PPHN, ligation of the ductus arteriosus ...