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Pulmonary hypertension is a type of blood pressure affecting the arteries leading from the heart to the lungs. It forces the right ventricle to work harder, which causes it to enlarge. Over time, it weakens and cannot pump blood to the lungs, forcing blood to flow backward.
Many people with heart failure become so accustomed to suffering from shortness of breath (dyspnea) that they are unaware that the symptom may be caused by a different disease process. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a common companion of heart failure, affecting 40% to 70% of those with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and […]
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