When most people hear the word hypertension, they think of high blood pressure. While not as common as high blood pressure, ...

Platelets tend to cluster in lung blood vessels in people with decompensated pulmonary hypertension, increasing their risk of ...

enters a pulmonary artery (blood vessel) in the lungs and blocks normal blood flow. In most cases, the blood clot originates ...

Medically reviewed by Reza Samad, MD Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a potentially life-threatening situation in which a blood ...

It pumps the blood which fills it up into arteries which carry the blood to the lungs or around the body. the right side pumps blood through the pulmonary ... must be able to flow to the furthest ...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH ... Small studies suggest this drug can improve blood flow in your lungs. The recommended dose is a 20-milligram pill taken three times a day, but it can ...

The American Lung Association launched an awareness campaign to accelerate diagnosis and improve treatment of PAH.

WE have recently studied 2 patients with symptoms of cerebral ischemia in whom a reversal of blood flow through the left vertebral artery was demonstrated. In both cases the anatomic lesion ...