Understanding Pulmonary Hypertension
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2011-02-02/understanding-pulmonary-hypertension
Pulmonary hypertension is a little known but deadly form of high blood pressure in the lungs that can lead to heart failure. A rare and often misdiagnosed type of the disease mostly strikes young women, while others are associated with emphysema, sickle cell anemia, and autoimmune disorders like HIV and lupus. We'll discuss what you should know about pulmonary hypertension.
Guests
Gregory Kato
Head of the Sickle Cell Vascular Disease Section of the Pulmonary and Vascular Medicine Branch at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Stephen Mathai
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins
Debbie Castro
Volunteer Services Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Association
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Could you ask the guests to talk about how PH often progresses differently in young children -- especially in kids with PH that's secondary to a congenital heart defect -- and that it does NOT have to be a death sentence? My 3-year-old daughter has unilateral PH secondary to truncus arteriosus, and she's doing phenomenally well (knock on wood). Also, I can't say enough good things about the PH program at Children's National Medical Center!!
Holly