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In medicine, pulmonary hypertension (PH) or pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) is an increase in blood pressure in the pulmonary artery or lung vasculature. Depending on the cause, it can be a severe disease with a markedly decreased exercise tolerance and right-sided heart failure. 
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The lung is an organ belonging to the respiratory system and interfacing to the circulatory system of air-breathing vertebrates. Its function is to exchange oxygen from air with carbon dioxide from blood. The process in which this happens is called "external respiration" or breathing. The mechanism by which lungs enable respiration is called diffusion. There are also nonrespiratory functions of the lungs. ...
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Pulmonary Hypertension as related to Lungs
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In pulmonary arterial hypertension, high blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries damages the lungs and heart. If left untreated, PAH quickly becomes life threatening.
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High blood pressure in the arteries that supply the lungs is called pulmonary hypertension (PHT). The blood pressure measured by cuff on your arm isn't directly related to the ...
- Pulmonary Hypertension -- familydoctor.org
Information about pulmonary hypertension from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) ... Pulmonary" means "in the lungs," and "hypertension" means "high blood pressure.
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Some newborns may experience breathing and lung function problems immediately after birth. Most of these babies recover quickly and uneventfully. But others - such as those ...
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A far less common type of high blood pressure affects only the arteries in the lungs. Known as pulmonary hypertension, it is a serious illness that becomes progressively worse and ...
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