Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

by Gerry Coghlan and Clive E. Handler

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a high blood pressure in the arteries that supply the lungs with blood. Patients with mild PAH, particularly young patients, may feel quite well and get breathless or tired only with vigorous exertion. Those with severe PAH may get breathless on minimal exertion and feel tired, exhausted and experience chest pain, forceful heart beats, dizzy turns, loss of appetite, and have swelling of the legs due to fluid...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199582920
• ISBN13: 9780199582921
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.