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National Institutes of Health
- The primary NIH organization for research on Pulmonary Hypertension is the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Pulmonary Hypertension
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
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Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension(National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
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Pulmonary Hypertension(American Academy of Family Physicians)
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Overviews
- JAMA Patient Page: Pulmonary Hypertension(American Medical Association) - Links to PDF
- Primary or Unexplained Pulmonary Hypertension(American Heart Association)
- Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)(American Lung Association)
- Pulmonary Hypertension: Helpful Information for Patients and Families(Pulmonary Hypertension Association) - Links to PDF
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Diagnosis/Symptoms
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Echocardiogram
(Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
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- What Tests Will My Doctor Do to Tell if It’s PH (Pulmonary Hypertension)?(Pulmonary Hypertension Association)
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Echocardiogram
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Treatment
- Lung Transplant: A Treatment for Life-Threatening Lung Disease(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- New Option for Rare Form of Hypertension(Food and Drug Administration)
- Pulmonary Hypertension(American Heart Association)
- Pulmonary Hypertension Treatments(Pulmonary Hypertension Association) - Links to PDF
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Disease Management
- Pulmonary Hypertension: Emergency Situations(Pulmonary Hypertension Association)
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Related Issues
- Pulmonary Hypertension: General FAQ(Pulmonary Hypertension Association)
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Tutorials
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Echocardiogram(Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
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Echocardiogram(Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
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Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Hypertension, Pulmonary(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Hypertension, Pulmonary
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Genetics
- Consensus Statements: Genetic Testing and Counseling for Idiopathic and Familial Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)(Pulmonary Hypertension Association)
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Genetics Home Reference: Pulmonary arterial hypertension(National Library of Medicine)
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Journal Articles
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Frequency of severe pulmonary hypertension complicating "isolated" atrial septal defect...
- Article: Epidural or I.V.? Tubing trouble.
- Article: Treatment of patients with mildly symptomatic pulmonary arterial hypertension with...
- Pulmonary Hypertension -- see more articles
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Dictionaries/Glossaries
- Glossed-Over Glossary(Pulmonary Hypertension Association)
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Directories
- Pulmonary Hypertension Association's Find a Doctor(Pulmonary Hypertension Association)
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Statistics
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Pulmonary Hypertension(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Pulmonary Hypertension(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Children
- Children and Pulmonary Hypertension(Pulmonary Hypertension Association) - Links to PDF
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