Pulmonary Hypertension: The Importance of a PH Research App

Pulmonary hypertension is a rare lung disease that refers to an increase in blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries. These are the arteries that carry deoxygenated blood from a person’s heart to the lungs to pick up oxygen. This condition can affect anyone, at any age and either gender.

Find out who is more at risk of developing pulmonary hypertension in this article. 

In this video shared by phaware global association on their Vimeo account, listen to Dr. Dunbar Ivy, from Children’s Hospital Colorado, discuss the importance of a PH research app and how this technology aid could be of amazing use to control pulmonary hypertension in patients and how it could help them understand and cope better with the condition.

But how is pulmonary hypertension diagnosed? Learn more about it here. 

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