Norman H. Edelman, MD Chief Medical Officer, American Lung Association

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Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Posted on May 12, 2008

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a complex health condition involving high blood pressures in the arteries of the lung. A patient may have PH due to inadequate oxygen in the blood, as in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD emphysema and chronic bronchitis) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). PH also is seen in patients with diseases of the left side of the heart, such as those with mitral stenosis and heart failure.An important subset of PH is pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). People with PAH face a progressive, life-threatening illness caused by high blood pressure in the art...

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