Question

You are caring for a patient with pulmonary hypertension. You know that a likely long-term complication of pulmonary hypertension is:

Answer 1

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Pulmonary hypertension is a type of blood pressure that affects arteries in the lungs and in the heart. Pulmonary hypertension affects arteries in the lungs and right side of the heart.

--Some common causes of pulmonary hypertension include high blood pressure in the lungs, arteries due to some types of congenital heart disease, connective tissue disease, Coronary artery disease, high blood pressure, liver disease, blood clots to the lungs and chronic lung disease like emphysema.

Complication of pulmonary hypertension include - ​​​​​​ Right-sided heart enlargement and heart failure. In corpulmonale, heart's right ventricle becomes enlarged and has to pump harder than usual to move blood through narrowed or blocked pulmonary arteries.