Pulmonary Hypertension Health Article
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KEY TERMS
Hypertension—The medical term for abnormally high blood pressure.
Perfusion lung scan—A scan that shows the pattern of blood flow in the lungs.
Pulmonary—Having to do with the lungs.
Pulmonary function test—A test that measures how much air the lungs hold and the air flow in and out of the lungs.
Right-heart cardiac catherization—A medical procedure during which a physician threads a catheter into the right side of the heart to measure the blood pressure in the right side of the heart and the pulmonary artery. The right heart's pumping ability can also be evaluated.
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Author Info: Lorraine Steefel RN, The Gale Group Inc., Gale, Detroit, Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 2002 |
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