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US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES

National Institutes of Health, DHHS 

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, N IH, DHHS 

National Library of Medicine, NIH, DHHS

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, DHHS

 

SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS

Advances in Pulmonary Hypertension

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Circulation 

Circulation Research

Chest  

Chronic Respiratory Disease

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Heart & Lung:  the Journal of Acute and Critical Care 

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Journal of the American Heart Association

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 

Lung   
www.springer.com
www.ahajournals.org

 

ORGANIZATIONS

American College of Cardiology 

American College of Chest Physicians 

American College of Rheumatology 

American Heart Association 

American Lung Association, The  

American Physiological Society, The  

American Thoracic Society 

International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation, The

PHCentral

Pulmonary Hypertension Association 

 

SCIENTIFIC LINKS

GrantsNet, DHHS

Clinical Trials, National Library of Medicine, NIH, DHHS

International guidelines for the selection of lung transplant candidates: 2006 update--a consensus report from the Pulmonary Scientific Council of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation.
J Heart Lung Transplant 2006 Jul;25(7):745-55
www.ishlt.org

 

FOR PATIENTS AND FAMILIES

PHCentral
See link for drug information, tips on coping with PH, meetings, and other patient resources

Pulmonary Hypertension Association
See link for support groups, chat rooms, newsletters, treatment fact sheets, and other patient and medical resources

Pulmonary Hypertension:  A Patient’s Survival Guide, 3rd edition, by Gail Boyer Hayes

 

CALENDAR OF RELATED EVENTS

September 2-6, 2006
European Respiratory Society Annual Congress
Munich, Germany

October  21-26, 2006
American College of Chest Physicians Annual International Scientific Assembly
Salt Lake City, Utah

November 12-15, 2006
American Heart Association, 2006 Scientific Sessions
Chicago, Illinois

April 17-20, 2007
Respiratory Drug Delivery (RDD) Europe 2007
Paris, France

April 25-28, 2007
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions
San Francisco, California

May 18-23, 2007
American Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference
San Francisco, California

June 22-24, 2007
California PH Forum Fifth Biennial Meeting
Redwood City, CA
“education and support for the PHA community”

November 4-7, 2007
American Heart Association, 2007 Scientific Sessions
Orlando, Florida

June 20-22, 2008
PHA's Eighth International Pulmonary Hypertension Conference and Scientific Sessions
Hilton Americas
Houston, Texas