Also called: Also called: Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension is high blood pressure in the arteries to your lungs. It is a serious condition for which there are treatments but no cure. If you have it, the blood vessels that carry oxygen-poor blood from your heart to your lungs become hard and narrow. Your heart has to work harder to pump the blood through. Over time, your heart weakens and cannot do its job and you can develop heart failure.
There are two main kinds of pulmonary hypertension. One runs in families or appears for no known reason. The other kind is related to another condition, usually heart or lung disease.
Treating pulmonary hypertension involves treating the heart or lung disease, medicines, oxygen and sometimes lung transplantation.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
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Genetics Home Reference: Pulmonary arterial hypertension
(National Library of Medicine) - http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=pulmonaryarterialhypertension
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Pulmonary Hypertension(American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/articles/675.printerview.html
Also available in Spanish http://familydoctor.org/online/famdoces/home/articles/675.printerview.html
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Pulmonary Hypertension(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/pah/pah_what.html
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JAMA Patient Page: Pulmonary Hypertension(American Medical Association) - Links to PDF - http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/299/3/372.pdf
- Primary or Unexplained Pulmonary Hypertension(American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4752
- Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)(American Lung Association) - http://www.lungusa.org/site/apps/nl/content3.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=2060321&content_id={9C347F83-CFEF-429C-AA8C-91EEE607888B}¬oc=1
- Pulmonary Hypertension: Helpful Information for Patients and Families(Pulmonary Hypertension Association) - Links to PDF - http://www.phassociation.org/Learn/Understanding_PH_broc.pdf
- Women at Higher Risk for Pulmonary Hypertension(10/29/2008, HealthDay) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_71012.html
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Echocardiogram
(Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/echocardiogram/htm/index.htm
Also available in Spanish http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorials/echocardiogramspanish/htm/index.htm - What Tests Will My Doctor Do to Tell if It’s PH (Pulmonary Hypertension)?(Pulmonary Hypertension Association) - http://www.phassociation.org/Learn/What-is-PH/test.asp
- Lung Transplant(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/print/lung-transplant/MY00106/METHOD=print&DSECTION=all
- New Option for Rare Form of Hypertension(Food and Drug Administration) - http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/hypertension062007.html
- Pulmonary Hypertension(American Heart Association) - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=11076
- Pulmonary Hypertension Treatments(Pulmonary Hypertension Association) - Links to PDF - http://www.phassociation.org/media/fact_treat.pdf
- Pulmonary Hypertension: Emergency Situations(Pulmonary Hypertension Association) - http://www.phassociation.org/Learn/Emergency-Situations/
- Pulmonary Hypertension: General FAQ(Pulmonary Hypertension Association) - http://www.phassociation.org/Learn/FAQs/General_FAQ.asp
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Echocardiogram(Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/echocardiogram/htm/index.htm
Also available in Spanish http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/tutorials/echocardiogramspanish/htm/index.htm
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Hypertension, Pulmonary(National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/open/condition=%22Hypertension,+Pulmonary%22
- Consensus Statements: Genetic Testing and Counseling for Idiopathic and Familial Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)(Pulmonary Hypertension Association) - http://www.phassociation.org/Learn/Consensus-Statements/display.asp?id=2
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Genetics Home Reference: Pulmonary arterial hypertension(National Library of Medicine) - http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=pulmonaryarterialhypertension
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Combination Treatment for Pulmonary Hypertension(American College of Physicians) - http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/149/8/I-38
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Addition of sildenafil to long-term intravenous epoprostenol therapy in patients... - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18936500&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Summaries for patients. A combination treatment for pulmonary hypertension. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18936497&tool=MedlinePlus
- Article: Emerging concepts and translational priorities in pulmonary arterial hypertension. - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=18824655&tool=MedlinePlus
- Pulmonary Hypertension -- see more articles - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=hypertension,pulmonary[majr]+AND+english[la]+AND+humans[mh]+AND+(jsubsetaim[text]+OR+jsubsetk[text]+OR+jsubsetn[text]+OR+patient+education+handout[pt])+NOT+(letter[pt]+OR+editorial[pt]+OR+case+reports[pt])&doptcmdl=summary&cmd_current=Limits&pmfilter_EDatLimit=last+1+Year&tool=MedlinePlus
- Pulmonary Hypertension - http://vsearch.nlm.nih.gov/vivisimo/cgi-bin/query-meta?v:project=medlineplus&binning-state=group%3d%3dMedical%20Encyclopedia&query=Pulmonary+Hypertension
- Glossed-Over Glossary(Pulmonary Hypertension Association) - http://www.phassociation.org/Learn/What-is-PH/glossary.asp
- Pulmonary Hypertension Association's Find a Doctor(Pulmonary Hypertension Association) - http://www.phassociation.org/Find_A_Doctor/
- American Heart Association - http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1200000
- American Lung Association - http://www.lungusa.org/
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/
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Pulmonary Hypertension(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/library/fs_pulmonary_hypertension.htm
Also available in Spanish http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/library/fs_pulmonary_hypertension_spanish.htm
- Children and Pulmonary Hypertension(Pulmonary Hypertension Association) - Links to PDF - http://www.phassociation.org/media/fact_children.pdf
- Lung Diseases - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/lungdiseases.html
- Blood, Heart and Circulation - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bloodheartandcirculation.html
- Lungs and Breathing - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/lungsandbreathing.html
The primary NIH organization for research on Pulmonary Hypertension is the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/