Diseases

Pulmonary Heart Tension

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Pulmonary hypertension is a type of high blood pressure that affects the arteries in your lungs and the right side of your heart. ... As the pressure builds, your heart's lower right chamber (right ventricle) must work harder to pump blood through your lungs, eventually causing your heart muscle to weaken and fail.

SYMPTOMS

Whole body: dizziness, fatigue, inability to exercise, or low blood pressure. Also common: chest pressure, chronic cough, fast heart rate, shortness of breath, swelling, or swollen legs

CAUSES

In your lungs, the blood releases carbon dioxide and picks up oxygen. ... Ordinarily, the blood flows easily through the vessels in your lungs, so blood pressure is usually much lower in your lungs. With pulmonary hypertension, the rise in blood pressure is caused by changes in the cells that line your pulmonary arteries