Pulmonary Hypertension Treatments and Therapies

Ayerza Syndrome; familial primary pulmonary hypertension (FPPH); Hypertension, Pulmonary; Idiopathic pulmonary hypertension; PPH; Primary Pulmonary Hypertension; pulmonary arterial hypertension; sporadic primary pulmonary hypertension

In medicine, pulmonary hypertension (PH) 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. It was first identified by Dr Ernst von Romberg in 1891[1]. It can be one of five different types, arterial, venous, hypoxic, thromboembolic, or miscellaneous. Signs and symptoms A history usually reveals gradual onset of shortness of breath, fa ...