enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Pulmonary heart disease - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_heart_disease

   The pathophysiology of pulmonary heart disease (cor pulmonale) has always indicated that an increase in right ventricular afterload causes RV failure (pulmonary vasoconstriction, anatomic disruption/pulmonary vascular bed and increased blood viscosity are usually involved [1]), however most of the time, the right ventricle adjusts to an ...

3. List of causes of shortness of breath - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_causes_of...

   Many different conditions can lead to the feeling of dyspnea (shortness of breath). DiagnosisPro, an online medical expert system, listed 497 in October 2010. [1] The most common cardiovascular causes are acute myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure while common pulmonary causes include: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, pneumothorax, and pneumonia.

4. Pulmonary hypertension - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_hypertension

   If heart disease and lung disease have been excluded, a ventilation/perfusion scan is performed to rule out CTEPH. If unmatched perfusion defects are found, further evaluation by CT pulmonary angiography, right heart catheterization, and selective pulmonary angiography is performed. [12] [58]

5. Pulmonary regurgitation - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_regurgitation

   Depends on cause [3] (See cause) Pulmonary (or pulmonic [ 4 ] ) regurgitation (or insufficiency , incompetence ) is a condition in which the pulmonary valve is incompetent [ 5 ] and allows backflow from the pulmonary artery to the right ventricle of the heart during diastole . [ 6 ]

6. Cardiovascular disease - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiovascular_disease

   The use of vasoactive agents for people with pulmonary hypertension with left heart disease or hypoxemic lung diseases may cause harm and unnecessary expense. [175] Antibiotics for secondary prevention of coronary heart disease. Antibiotics may help patients with coronary disease to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes. [176]

7. Pulmonary arterial hypertension - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_arterial...

   Echocardiography is the preferred screening test in the diagnosis of PAH as it accurately estimates pulmonary pressures. [1] Other causes of pulmonary hypertension, such as left heart disease (WHO group 2), pulmonary hypertension due to lung disease (such as COPD)(WHO group 3) and pulmonary hypertension due to chronic blood clots in the ...

8. Trump administration loophole snags US research grants from ...

   www.aol.com/news/trump-administration-loophole...

   The Trump administration has for weeks been blocking the U.S. National Institutes of Health process for issuing new research grants for everything from Lyme disease to lung and heart disease ...

9. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_obstructive...

   Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of progressive lung disease characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation. [8] GOLD 2024 defined COPD as a heterogeneous lung condition characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms (dyspnea or shortness of breath, cough, sputum production or exacerbations) due to abnormalities of the airways (bronchitis ...