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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Frank BS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5920390 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frank Benjamin S BS Ivy D Dunbar DD
Children (Basel, Switzerland) 20180323 4
Pulmonary Hypertension (PH), the syndrome of elevated pressure in the pulmonary arteries, is associated with significant morbidity and mortality for affected children. PH is associated with a wide variety of potential underlying causes, including cardiac, pulmonary, hematologic and rheumatologic abnormalities. Regardless of the cause, for many patients the natural history of PH involves progressive elevation in pulmonary arterial resistance and pressure, right ventricular dysfunction, and eventu ...[more]