PHPR 2813 Study Guide - Final Guide: Pulmonary Wedge Pressure, Heart Failure, Pulmonary Hypertension
7 Mar 2022
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Refers to the presence of abnormally high pulmonary vascular pressure. Pulmonary hypertension: perfused by the right side of the heart, normally a low pressure system. Normal pulmonary artery pressure (pap): group i: pulmonary artery htn (pah), group 2: pulmonary htn w left heart dz, group 3: pulmonary htn associated w lung dz or. Hypoxemia: group 4: pulmonary htn due to chronic thrombotic and/or embolic disease, excessive pulmonary vasculature resistance leads, group 5: miscellaneous to right heart failure. Functional = severity of the sx: marked limitation in physical activity inability to do any physical activity, no limitations to physical activity. Causes of pah: 15% mortality within a year. Idiopathic (ipah) on modern pharmacotherapy: familial, poor prognosis: Symptoms: dyspnea, syncope, exercise intolerance, chest pain, edema. Bone morphogenetic protein receptor ii (bmpr-2) mutation: connective tissue dz (ctd) Scleroderma, lupus, ra: congenital heart dz (chd, portal htn, hiv, hemoglobinopathies.
