Lung Disease-Related Pulmonary Hypertension.
Patients with advanced lung disease can develop pulmonary hypertension and succumb to right ventricular failure/cor pulmonale. Patients with pulmonary hypertension owing to chronic lung disease, or World Health Organization group 3 pulmonary hypertension, are more limited and carry a high risk of mortality. Adjunctive therapies remain the cornerstones of treatment. Recent evidence suggests that inhaled pulmonary vasodilator therapy can be helpful in patients with pulmonary hypertension owing to interstitial lung disease. Lung transplantation may be the only life-saving option in select patients, whereas palliative care and hospice should be sought for those who are not candidates as the disease progresses.
['Ahmad|Kareem|K|', 'Khangoora|Vikramjit|V|', 'Nathan|Steven D|SD|']
D006333:Heart Failure D006801:Humans D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary D008171:Lung Diseases D011651:Pulmonary Artery D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease
Pulmonary hypertension Cor pulmonale Chronic lung disease Interstitial lung disease COPD WHO group 3 PH