What is ​Pulmonary Hypertension?

Also known as: Secondary pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary high blood pressure

Hypertension means high blood pressure, but in the case of pulmonary hypertension, the high pressure affects the pulmonary arteries that take blood from the heart to the lungs. As these arteries narrow, the increase in pressure makes the right side of the heart work harder causing damage to the right ventricle of the heart.

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Reviewed by: Jack Wolfsdorf, MD, FAAP

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