RT Book, Section
A1 Franco, Veronica
A2 Gulati, Martha
SR Print(0)
ID 1128088238
T1 PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN WOMEN: GENDER MATTERS
T2 Color Atlas and Synopsis of Women's Cardiovascular Health
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071786201
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1128088238
RD 2024/04/25
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.