Pulmonary Hypertension

causes of acute pulmonary hypertension :: Article Creator COVID-19 May Trigger New-onset High Blood Pressure In High Risk Individuals Researchers are reporting that people who have had COVID-19 were more likely to experience a new onset of high blood pressure. The risk was higher for people with preexisting conditions, along with older adults, men, and Black Americans. Understanding the long-term effects of COVID-19 remains a work in progress, and deciphering individual symptoms can be a tricky process. New research suggests that people who have had COVID-19 are more likely to develop hypertension, even with no prior history of high blood pressure. The findings were published today in Hypertension, a journal of the American Heart Association. In an analysis of six-month follow-up data from more than 45,000 people who had COVID-19, researchers reported that 21% of people who were hospitalized for the virus and 11% who were not hospitali...

ejection fraction 50 55 :: Article Creator Left Sided Heart Failure: What To Know If a person has left sided heart failure, the left side of their heart does not fill with enough blood or pump it effectively. Left sided heart failure can lead to right sided heart failure. Heart failure occurs when cardiac output is insufficient to circulate the blood the body needs. Ejection fraction (EF) is a measurement of cardiac output. EF is the percentage of blood in the left ventricle that it can pump out with each contraction. The target range for EF is 55–70%. If a person's left ventricle pumps less than 40% of its blood with each contraction, this may indicate heart failure. Heart failure can occur on the left side of the heart, the right side, or both. This article discusses left sided heart failure, including causes, diagnosis, treatment, and outlook. There are two kinds of left sided heart failure. For circulation to oc...

signs of high blood pressure :: Article Creator Excessive Cholesterol And Hypertension: Here's What Happens Inside Your Heart When Cholesterol And Blood Pressure Goes Up Together Here's What Happens Inside Your Heart When Cholesterol And Blood Pressure Goes Up Together Ever thought what may happen inside your heart when both high blood pressure and high cholesterol levels strike you? Read on to know everything. High blood pressure and high cholesterol come in the category of modifiable risk factors for the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease(ASCVD). Either individually or as part of metabolic syndrome they increase the risk of development of Heart disease. In this article, we take a close look at how the heart gets affected when high cholesterol and hypertension strike the body together. To understand the conditions and their implications better, we have Dr Bharat Vijay Purohit, Sr. Consultant Interventional Cardi...

mild pah treatment :: Article Creator Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Pulmonary hypertension is a life-threatening condition that gets worse over time, but treatments can help your symptoms so you can live better with the disease. It may take some planning, but plenty of people who have it find ways to do all the things they love, just as they did before they were diagnosed. Having pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) means that you have high blood pressure in the arteries that go from your heart to your lungs. It's different from having regular high blood pressure. With PAH, the tiny arteries in your lungs become narrow or blocked. It's harder for blood to flow through them, and that raises the blood pressure in your lungs. Your heart has to work harder to pump blood through those arteries, and after a while the heart muscle gets weak. Eventually, it can lead to heart failure. Sometimes doctors can't find a reason for high bl...

heart failure in 30s :: Article Creator Heart Failure In Young Adults: Moving In The Wrong Direction The percentage of young adults diagnosed with heart failure (HF) has been increasing in recent years, although the corresponding data on HF-related mortality are limited. The Bottom Line A study recently published in JAMA Cardiology showed that mortality related to HF increased in young adults from 1999 to 2019. Age-adjusted mortality rates were more than 3 times higher among Blacks compared with Whites. Rates of death varied by geography as well, with several states in the South having a much greater burden of HF-related mortality. With this in mind, a U.S.-based research team conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of national HF-related mortality trends over 20 years in individuals 15 to 44 years old at the time of death, who for the purpose of the analysis were considered to be young adults.1 HF-related deaths are on the rise I...

cystic fibrosis lungs :: Article Creator 'I Had A Double Lung Transplant And Had To Learn To Breathe Again' Carly Edge was watching television with her parents when the life-saving call she'd been waiting years for came. The lung transplant she desperately needed could go ahead but they must drop everything and go straight away. Aged 29 Carly could hardly breathe or walk anymore because of cystic fibrosis she'd been diagnosed with aged six weeks. The inherited condition causes sticky mucus to build up in the lungs and digestive system causing lung infections and digestive problems. Carly remembers she was watching I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here at home in Deganwy, Conwy, when the call came. Far from being nervous, her first thought was: "Get these awful lungs out of me". Read more: Young man with 'heart of gold' in desperate race for kidney donor after being told he faces three-year wait Carly had be...

heart failure and pulmonary oedema :: Article Creator Types Of Heart Failure Heart failure is a chronic condition in which the heart cannot pump blood effectively. As a result, tissues and organs do not receive critical oxygen and nutrients. The heart is a complex organ, and there are various types of heart failure, including left-sided, right-sided, and congestive heart failure. A person may require different medications depending on the type of heart failure they have. This article explores the different forms of heart failure and potential treatments. Heart failure is a complex condition that doctors categorize into different types depending on: the affected areas of the heart the heart's pumping ability underlying disease For example, heart failure may affect the entire heart or only one side. The heart may have difficulty pumping enough blood around the body to support other organs and tissues, or the heart mus...