TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN WOMEN: GENDER MATTERS A1 - Franco, Veronica A2 - Gulati, Martha PY - 2016 T2 - Color Atlas and Synopsis of Women's Cardiovascular Health AB - Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is rare and uniformly deadly disease characterized by extensive narrowing of the pulmonary vasculature, leading to progressive increases in pulmonary vascular resistance and ensuing right heart failure.2 The underlying pathogenetic mechanisms of PAH are slowly being unraveled, but to a large degree remain poorly understood. Medial hypertrophy, intimal proliferative and fibrotic changes, perivascular inflammatory infiltrates, and thrombotic lesions are noted in the pulmonary arteries. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1128088238 ER -