Mayo Clinic Minute: Under pressure with pulmonary hypertension

November is Pulmonary Hypertension Awareness Month. Pulmonary hypertension?is a disease that, because of its name, sometimes is confused with high blood pressure. But, pulmonary hypertension?is different. Mayo Clinic pulmonologist Dr. Charles Burger says pulmonary hypertension?means the pressures inside the lung are elevated, forcing the right side of the heart to work harder to increase blood [...]
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