Diagnosing PAH: The Right Heart Catheter

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Even though it affects million of people worldwide, there is still a lot we don’t know about pulmonary hypertension. The heart and lung disease is considered rare, but what is PH and what causes it?

Learn more about possible causes of pulmonary hypertension.

With this video shared by CAST PHARMA in 2014, you can watch an animated 3-D explanation of what pulmonary arterial hypertension is, what a right heart catheter is and how it can be used to diagnose and help treat pulmonary arterial hypertension, and how patients can benefit from it.

Find out some of the signs and symptoms of pulmonary hypertension.

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