Prioritizing precision medicine in pulmonary hypertension
The Center for Pulmonary Vascular Biology and Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC is a multi-disciplinary clinical and research center for pulmonary vascular disease with a focus on comprehensive and state-of-the-art care of our patients.
In the past, pulmonary hypertension (PH) was considered a rare disease affecting only a few unfortunate people. Today, we know countless individuals suffer from this disease with tragic consequences. But because PH has been an historically neglected disease, advances have been slowed by the lack of sophisticated technology, little financial support, and a small number of physicians and scientists dedicated to its study.
The Center for Pulmonary Vascular Biology and Medicine is devoted to accelerating discoveries about this disease and ensuring these discoveries are applied directly to improve the lives of our patients. We focus our efforts on innovative ways to identify this disease early such that prevention of this disease may be a reality, to identify the elusive molecules that lie at the beginning origins of this disease, and to develop new treatments that could reverse or cure this disease. Inherent to this mission is improving PH awareness and partnership within our community so that we can combat this disease together.
Top research advances of AHA highlight Chan Lab work on BOLA3 and PH
The Chan Lab’s work on BOLA3 and pulmonary hypertension was selected as a 2019 top research advance by the AHA in heart disease and stroke!
PH Research Day 2019
2019 UPMC Pulmonary Hypertension Patient Research Day! We are inspired by our patients and look forward to a day when this disease is cured. Learn how researchers and doctors are sharing their resources to help patients with pulmonary hypertension.
New Study Explains Gene Mutation’s Impact on Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a deadly disease of the blood vessels of the lung that presents with shortness of breath, exercise intolerance and can progress to heart failure and death. PH in general affects more than 10 M Americans alone with...