Journal of Lung Diseases & Treatment

Evidence Based Study Related to Hypertension

Abstract

Priyanka G

Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) is regarded as a mean pulmonary artery pressure greater than 25 mm Hg in the setting of normal or reduced cardiac output and a normal pulmonary capillary wedge pressure. A constellation of permissive and provocative factors exists, various mechanisms are activated that lead to vascular constriction, cellular proliferation, and a prothrombotic state in varying degrees, which results in PH and its clinical sequelae [1-6]