Pathology of pulmonary hypertension.
This article briefly discusses the traditional concepts of severe pulmonary hypertension and then details how the concept of severe pulmonary hypertension has moved from a vasoconstrictive to an angioproliferative disorder.
Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pathology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East Ninth Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA. norbert.voelkel@uchsc.edu
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D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology