Pulmonary Hypertension

Pulmonary Hypertension is a condition characterized by increased blood pressure inside the vessels through which blood circulates in the lungs (the blood pressure in the pulmonary artery is significantly lower than the blood pressure inside the aorta and its branches). Pulmonary hypertension may be a complication of pulmonary embolism, septal defects, heart failure, mitral valve disease, and chronic lung disease. It can develop without any apparent reason (primary pulmonary hypertension).

As a result, the right ventricle of the heart enlarges and heart failure develops, accompanied by frequent fainting and chest pain.

Treatment of pulmonary hypertension should be aimed at eliminating the cause of its occurrence; the use of drugs to reduce hypertension is ineffective.

Pulmonary hypertension is a condition in which the blood pressure inside the vessels of the lungs increases so much that blood cannot pass freely through the lungs and moves only in one direction - from the systemic circulation to the pulmonary circulation. This condition is caused by various reasons, such as pulmonary embolism, cardiac septal defects, heart failure, chronic lung diseases, primary lung diseases.

Pulmonary hypertension can lead to an enlargement of the right ventricle of the heart, which is needed to pump blood from the large circle to the small circle, and the development of heart failure. At the same time, the person experiences weakness, he develops

Pulmonary hypertension is a condition in which the blood pressure inside the veins that receive blood from the lungs is higher than that leaving the left atrium. This means that the circulatory system is forced to redirect an increased amount of blood from the lungs to the lungs. Pulmonary hypertension as an independent disease is rare. The most common causes are chronic lung diseases and tumors. Heart failure is also one of the causes of pulmonary hypertension. Heart failure occurs when excess blood volume is pumped through the lungs. Treatment of pulmonary hypertension consists of treating the underlying disease. Therapy may include medications to lower blood pressure,