Picture of Health: About Pulmonary Hypertension

by Marta Ribeiro | March 4, 2016

Pulmonary hypertension is a rare type of high blood pressure that affects fewer than 200,000 US patients per year. Many people who suffer from the disease are undiagnosed because the symptoms are similar to more common diseases, such as the flu. On this month’s episode of Picture of Health, host Stephen Barnes chats with Angela Mann, an advanced nurse practitioner from Lakeland Regional Health, and Joy Morgan, the leader of the Central Florida Pulmonary Hypertension Support Group, to learn more about the disease and how it affects daily life.

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Marta Ribeiro Marta graduated from Universidade Fernando Pessoa in Porto with a degree in Communication Sciences and a Masters degree in New Communication Technologies. She has experience in social media, worked with several media channels, and has also worked as a freelance photographer and a graphic artist for almost 10 years.