How to use in-sentence of “pulmonary hypertension”:
+ Depending on the cause, pulmonary hypertension can be a severe disease with a markedly decreased exercise tolerance and right-sided heart failure.
+ Because pulmonary hypertension can be of 5 major types, a series of tests must be performed to distinguish pulmonary “arterial” hypertension from “venous, hypoxic, thomboembolic” or “miscellaneous” varieties.
+ The most common cause of pulmonary hypertension is left heart failure leading to pulmonary “venous” hypertension.
+ Whatever the initial cause, pulmonary hypertension involves the tightening of blood vessels connected to and within the lungs.
+ The terms primary and secondary pulmonary hypertension were formerly used to classify the disease.
+ The most common cause of pulmonary hypertension is left heart failure.
+ The terms “primary” and “secondary” pulmonary hypertension should not be used any longer.
