Pulmonary hypertension (PH or PHTN) is a condition of increased blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. Symptoms include shortness of breath, fainting...

managing or preventing hypertension, coronary artery disease, renovascular hypertension, and heart failure. Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema is caused by increased...

pulmonary artery is relevant in a number of clinical states. Pulmonary hypertension is used to describe an increase in the pressure of the pulmonary artery...

tired, weight loss, and nail clubbing. Complications may include pulmonary hypertension, respiratory failure, pneumothorax, and lung cancer. Causes include...

benefit certain people. Chronic pulmonary embolism leading to pulmonary hypertension (known as chronic thromboembolic hypertension) is treated with a surgical...

medical conditions (e.g., pulmonary hypertension). Anatomic abnormalities that are predisposing include congenital absence of pulmonary artery, and left-to-right...

border.[medical citation needed] Among the causes of pulmonary insufficiency are: Pulmonary hypertension Infective endocarditis Rheumatic heart disease Connective...

growth retardation, neonatal adaptive syndrome, and persistent pulmonary hypertension also was noted. A systematic review of the risk of major birth defects...

(nail clubbing). Complications may include pulmonary hypertension, heart failure, pneumonia or pulmonary embolism. The cause is unknown, hence the term...

others, is a medication used to treat erectile dysfunction and pulmonary arterial hypertension. It is also sometimes used off-label for the treatment of certain...

caused by invasive medical procedures). Pulmonary arterial hypertension, elevated pressure in the pulmonary arteries. Most commonly it is idiopathic...

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a long-term disease caused by a blockage in the blood vessels that deliver blood from the heart...

diathesis that might predispose to certain conditions (pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension) Physical diagnostics are as important as in other fields...

PVR, which leads to pulmonary hypertension. Because of this, the condition is also widely known as persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN)...

as a prostaglandin I2 analogue) is indicated in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension secondary to interstitial lung disease and is associated with improved...

Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare form of pulmonary hypertension caused by progressive blockage of the small veins in the lungs. The blockage...

hypoxia will lead to an increase in pulmonary vascular smooth muscle tone and persistent pulmonary hypertension causing respiratory and circulatory failure...

as Wyeth) as Pondimin, but was shown to cause potentially fatal pulmonary hypertension and heart valve problems, which eventually led to its withdrawal...

secundum ASD include pulmonary hypertension, right-sided congestive heart failure.[citation needed] While pulmonary hypertension is unusual before 20...

effusion) Vascular diseases (e.g., pulmonary edema, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary hypertension) Infectious, environmental and other "diseases" (e.g., pneumonia...

hypertension Hypertensive emergency (malignant hypertension) Ocular hypertension is elevated pressure inside the eye (intraocular pressure) Pulmonary...

interventricular septum indicates pulmonary hypertension. Pericardial effusion may also be seen in pulmonary hypertension. Thickening of pericardium more...

filling. There is an increased risk for atrial fibrillation and pulmonary hypertension. There is controversy regarding the relationship between diastolic...

pressure in the pulmonary artery is about 15 mmHg at rest. Increased blood pressure in the capillaries of the lung causes pulmonary hypertension, leading to...

Portopulmonary hypertension (PPH) is defined by the coexistence of portal and pulmonary hypertension. PPH is a serious complication of liver disease,...

brand name Winrevair is a medication used for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. It is an activin signaling inhibitor, based on the extracellular...

treat two forms of pulmonary hypertension (PH): chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Riociguat...

used to treat a variety of conditions ranging from lung cancer to pulmonary hypertension. Common operations include anatomic and nonanatomic resections,...

such as recurrent VTE, post-PE syndrome, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), and post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS). The mainstay of VTE...

at a normal rate. With time, an uncorrected PDA usually leads to pulmonary hypertension followed by right-sided heart failure. The ductus arteriosus is...