Hypertension as related to Arteries

• What Is Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension?
  Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is continuous high blood pressure in the pulmonary artery. ... The pulmonary arteries are the blood vessels that carry oxygen-poor blood from the ...
  
  
• Hypertension
  Definition. Hypertension is high blood pressure. Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of arteries as it flows through them. Arteries are the blood vessels that carry ...
  
  
• Pulmonary hypertension - MayoClinic.com
  Pulmonary hypertension is high blood pressure in the arteries in your lungs. ... Introduction. Millions of people are affected by high blood pressure (hypertension), a condition in ...
  
  
• USNews.com: Health: Hypertension: Complications of hypertension
  Complications of hypertension Hypertension can damage both large and small arteries, leading to disease in the tissues and organs supplied by these damaged blood vessels.
  
  
• High blood pressure (hypertension) - causes, treatments and ...
  The vast majority of patients with essential hypertension have in common a particular abnormality of the arteries. That is, they have an increased resistance (stiffness or lack of elasticity) in ...
  
  
• Pulmonary Hypertension
  Pulmonary hypertension is a condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs is unusually high. In a healthy person, the blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs is usually lower ...
  
  
• pulmonary arterial hypertension - Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension ...
  ... many persons who took the diet drug fen phen and later developed Primary Arterial Hypertension (also ... The pulmonary arteries are the blood vessels that carry oxygen-poor blood from the right ventricle ...
  
  
• Pulmonary Hypertension -- familydoctor.org
  Pulmonary hypertension happens when the pulmonary arteries (the vessels that carry blood from the heart to the lungs) narrow so they can't carry as much blood.
  
  
• Hypertension - Definition, Description, Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis ...
  The circulatory system is the network of organs and blood vessels through which blood travels in the body. Blood is pumped out of the heart into blood vessels known as arteries.
  
  
• Hypertension (High Blood Pressure)
  Having high blood pressure puts a person at more risk for strokes, heart attacks, kidney failure, loss of vision, and atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). In rare cases, severe hypertension ...