Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH ... Ultimately, continuous elevation of PAP and PVR causes failure of the right ventricle, leading to an inability to support the circulation and subsequent ...
Pulmonary hypertension occurs in rheumatologic diseases, normally as a consequence of diffuse lung disease. In scleroderma it can occur as primary hypertension without diffuse lung disease and is ...
Results: Five hundred seventy-nine patients were studied, 205 with PPH and 374 with pulmonary hypertension from other causes (secondary pulmonary hypertension [SPH]). The use of anorexigens was ...