What Is Pulmonary Hypertension?
Primary, or unexplained, pulmonary
The pulmonary artery is the blood vessel carrying oxygen-poor blood from the right ventricle (one of the pumping chambers of the heart) to the lungs. In the lungs, the blood picks up oxygen and then flows...
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Primary pulmonary hypertension
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Sporadic primary pulmonary hypertension; Familial primary pulmonary hypertension; Idiopathic pulmonary arterial... Read more »
Primary pulmonary hypertension
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Sporadic primary pulmonary hypertension; Familial primary pulmonary hypertension; Idiopathic pulmonary arterial... Read more »
Primary pulmonary hypertension
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Sporadic primary pulmonary hypertension; Familial primary pulmonary hypertension; Idiopathic pulmonary arterial... Read more »
Primary pulmonary hypertension
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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