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Hypertension, Pulmonary

Medical Definition: Increased pressure within the pulmonary circulation, usually secondary to cardiac or pulmonary disease.
Guide Notes: increased pressure within pulm circ; DF: HYPERTENSION PULM
Also Called: Ayerza's Syndrome
Hypertension, Pulmonary Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome - A syndrome of persistent pulmonary hypertension in the newborn infant, without demonstrable cardiac disease. It is characterized by cyanosis and acidosis, severe pulmonary vasoconstriction, hypertrophy of pulmonary arterial muscle, and elevated pulmonary vascular resistance, with resultant right-to-left shunting of blood through a patent ductus arteriosus and at times a patent foramen ovale.

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