All About Pulmonary Hypertension by Dr. Ranjit Jagtap

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Pulmonary Artery Hypertension (PAH) is a rare
type of hypertension that causes high blood
pressure that affects arteries in your lungs,
causing them to become thickened and narrowed,
this results in your heart beating to work
harder while pumping blood through those
narrowed arteries. The pulmonary artery is a
vessel that carries blood from the right side of
the heart to the lung and an increase in
pressure of these arteries is known as pulmonary
hypertension. If it is not treated on time it
can lead to chronic changes in the right side of
the heart leading to right heart failure, which
in turn is again not treated can cause global
cardiac failure, which in turn if not treated can
cause global heart failure.
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Increased Shortness Of Breath Fatigue Edema Or
swelling Dizziness/ fainting spells Chest
pain Heart palpitations Lips And Fingers turning
blue Cough Hoarseness
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Once diagnosed, regular structured evaluation
will help customise your treatment plan for your
PAH. This will include non-invasive tests to
assess your art function, blood function,
aerobic capacity, and systolic blood pressure.
Although there is no cure for PAH, there are
treatments available to control symptoms and
improve your quality of life. We have excellent
treatments available for pulmonary hypertension
which can prevent the progression to right heart
failure which sometimes results in death. Here,
we have all the facilities available with
effective management. Signing Off Dr. Ranjit
Jagtap.
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Learn more from Dr. Ranjit Jagtaps daughter,
Aditi Jagtap Pune, who plays an outstanding role
in terms of taking good care of patients
suffering from the disease. Get yourself tested
from Ram Mangal Heart Foundation which has
gathered years of expertise so far to treat
heart patients with effective treatments.
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