Information Exchange
US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES
National Institutes of Health, DHHS
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, N IH, DHHS
- What Is Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension?
- Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Future Directions, Report of a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/Office of Rare Diseases Workshop
- Clinical Trials
National Library of Medicine, NIH, DHHS
- Medlineplus-Health and drug information for patients, family and friends
- Pub Med- Biomedical journal literature from MEDLINE/PubMed
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
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
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 Lung Association, The
American Physiological Society, The
International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation, The
Pulmonary Hypertension Association
SCIENTIFIC LINKS
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