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Descriptor English:

Hypertension, Pulmonary

Descriptor Spanish:

Hipertensión Pulmonar

Descriptor Portuguese:

Hipertensão Pulmonar

Synonyms English:

Pulmonary Hypertension

Tree Number:

Definition English:

Increased VASCULAR RESISTANCE in the PULMONARY CIRCULATION, usually secondary to HEART DISEASES or LUNG DISEASES.

See Related English:

Pulmonary Heart Disease

Allowable Qualifiers English:

BL blood	CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced	CL classification
CO complications	CN congenital
DI diagnosis	DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy	EC economics
EM embryology	EN enzymology
EP epidemiology	EH ethnology
ET etiology	GE genetics
HI history	IM immunology
ME metabolism	MI microbiology
MO mortality	NU nursing
PS parasitology	PA pathology
PP physiopathology	PC prevention & control
PX psychology	RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging	RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation	SU surgery
TH therapy	US ultrasonography
UR urine	VE veterinary
VI virology

Record Number:

7155

Unique Identifier:

D006976

Occurrence in VHL:

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