Medication & treatment

Ten years after her pulmonary endarterectomy operation, Chitra Tripathi won two awards in a Mrs India UK competition – providing a confidence boost and a platform to raise awareness of pulmonary hypertension. Here, Chitra tells Emphasis about living with CTEPH in both India and England, and how her care has changed her life.

Concordance – what’s it all about? Senior pharmacist Neil Hamilton explains the latest techniques to help PH patients take their prescribed medication.

Jocelyn Barker of Brixton in South London had a double lung transplant at Harefield Hospital in 2008 after a four year wait. Here, she tells her story:

Pauline Ginn, aged 55, of Bolton, in Lancashire, didn’t have to wait long for her heart and double lung transplant – she was put on the waiting list in January 2015 and underwent the life-changing surgery in April. It was a good job though, as she was in urgent need. Here Pauline tells us how…