Sotatercept – Medication Use To Treat Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
Sotatercept is a new medication used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a severe condition characterized by elevated blood pressure in the arteries supplying the lungs. PAH leads to right heart strain, progressive heart failure, and eventually death if untreated. The FDA recently approved this medication for the treatment of PAH. Sotatercept works through a […]
Do You Know What Is Cardioembolic Stroke and what causes it?
At AHVC (Asian Heart & Vascular Centre) we work closely with our neurology colleagues to treat patients. This is because some of these strokes can originate from the heart. This accounts for 20% of ischemic strokes. We call this condition cardioembolic stroke. With cardioembolic stroke, blood clot that forms in the heart can travel to […]