Physiology of Pulmonary Hypertension

Pulmonary hyperetension is a secondary manifestation of what we already know, and does not represent any new physiology or information. Patients with serosis can have either elevated resistance or high flow, or even both, playing a role. These patients also develop something called porto pulmonary hyper tension, which causes remodelling that increases resistance. And some studies have even shown that these patients p a s ps then go down after a kidney transplant, the fistulas are closed. Ah, that is eye opening. You know, i hadn't really considered fistulas messing up the floe that much to contribute to palmny hypertension. It's humbling to think that these patients just have so many other