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Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
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TOPIC: PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
LENGTH: 2:16
TRACK 1: Narration
TRACK 2: Interviews and Nat Sound
PROMO:
FIND OUT WHY PATIENTS WITH A LIFE THREATENING LUNG DISEASE CONSIDER A NEW DRUG A MIRACLE. (:06)
STUDIO INTRO:
THE FIRST TIME MANY OF US HEARD ABOUT A LIFE THREATENING LUNG CONDITION CALLED PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION, WAS WHEN DIET PILL USERS GOT SICK. FOR YEARS PHYSICIANS HAVE CONSIDERED SEVERE FORMS OF THIS CONDITION ALMOST 100 PERCENT FATAL. BUT NOW A NEW DRUG BEING TESTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM IS GIVING PATIENTS HOPE. (:21)
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NARRATION/VO
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LIKE OTHER MARRIED COUPLES, LISA AND STAN POWELL PROMISED TO LOVE EACH OTHER TIL DEATH DO YOU PART. BUT THEY NEVER THOUGHT THAT THEIR PROMISE WOULD BE TESTED SO SOON. (:10)
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CG
Lisa Powell
PPH Patient
IN: :10
OUT: :16 |
"I was told that I had less than three months to live, to go home and make my funeral arrangements."
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NARRATION/VO
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SIX AND A HALF YEARS AGO, LISA SUDDENLY DEVELOPED A LIFE THREATENING LUNG CONDITION CALLED PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION." (:08) |
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CG
Lisa Powell
PPH Patient
IN: :24
OUT: :36
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"I was completely bedridden for almost two years, I was on a hundred percent oxygen, which meant the mask not just the nasal canula. I didn’t even roll over in bed without gasping for air."
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NARRATION/VO
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PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IS A CONDITION THAT CAUSES THE PRESSURE WITHIN THE LUNGS TO INCREASE TO DANGEROUS LEVELS AND ULTIMATELY CAUSES THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HEART TO FAIL. (:10)
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CG
Robert Bourge, M.D.
UAB Cardiologist
IN: : 47
OUT: 1:05
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"Most of us believe that there is an imbalance of hormones in the body which primarily affects the lung vessels. With that imbalance the arteries tend to constrict too much not allowing enough blood to go through the lungs, therefore raising the pressure."
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NARRATION/VO
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BUT THIS PUMP WITH AN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICATION IS KEEPING HER ALIVE. THE DRUG IS CALLED FLOMAN. THE UNVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM IS ONE OF ONLY A DOZEN CENTERS IN THE UNITED STATES THAT SPECIALIZES IN THE TREATMENT OF PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION. (:16)
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CG
Lisa Powell
PPH Patient
IN: 1:22
OUT: 1:33
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"I receive 92 infusions you might say in a 24 hour period , this is part of the hickman catheter and it’s just connected into this catheter and this is run up here into my chest."
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CG
Robert Bourge, M.D.
UAB Cardiologist
IN: 1:34
OUT: 1:44 |
"She was very ill, waiting for heart-lung transplantation and near death when she got started on the drug. Within three or four months she was playing tennis." |
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NARRATION/VO |
THIS DRUG HAS LITERALLY SAVED LISA’S LIFE AND WHILE THERE IS NO CURE FOR HER DISEASE, SO FAR AT LEAST IT’S TREATABLE. BUT IT’S ALSO THE SUPPORT OF HER HUSBAND AND FAMILY THAT HAS MADE THIS MIRACLE AS SHE CALLS IT POSSIBLE. (:14) |
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CG
Lisa Powell
PPH Patient
IN: 2:00
OUT: 2:13 |
"Everyday is just so much more important. Like just hearing the birds now is just something I never thought I’d live to hear or see again. So I don’t take anything for granted anymore." |
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NARRATION/VO |
FOR U-A-B BROADCAST NEWS, THIS IS CAROLYN DUNLAP REPORTING." (:04) |
STUDIO TAG:
PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION USUALLY STRIKES WOMEN. IF YOU’RE A WOMAN YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING THIS DISEASE IS ABOUT ONE IN A MILLION. (:07)
EXTRA B-ROLL:
CHYRONS
Lisa Powell
Patient
Pronounciation (BORJ)
Robert Bourge, M.D.
Professor and Director
UAB Division of Cardiology
UAB Cardiologist
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PRODUCER |
Please forward all inquiries received for more information on this report to:
Carolyn Dunlap
UAB Broadcast News
701 20th Street South, AB 1320
Birmingham, AL 35294-0113
1-800-822-9091 or Email: Rolex@UAB.EDU |
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