Pulmonary hypertension is abnormally high blood pressure in the lungs, making your heart work harder than it should. If left untreated, it can lead to heart failure. Patients worldwide come to us for advanced, comprehensive pulmonary hypertension care.
Starting Your Care Journey
Signs & Symptoms
Signs and symptoms of pulmonary hypertension are similar to those of other health conditions or feeling out of shape. Also, symptoms can develop slowly so you may not realize you have a problem. Talk with your healthcare provider if you have:
- Blue lips and skin
- Chest pain (angina)
- Dizziness or fainting
- Dry cough
- Extreme tiredness (fatigue)
- Racing pulse or a heartbeat that’s fast, hard or fluttering (palpitations)
- Swelling in the ankles or legs
- Trouble breathing or shortness of breath, especially with activity
In advanced stages of pulmonary hypertension, you may:
- Experience symptoms even when resting
- Be unable to get out of bed
Diagnosis
Treatment
Meet Your Care TeamI would tell anybody who has [pulmonary hypertension] that there is hope. There are doctors who go beyond to treat their patients.
— Josefina Rodriguez, patient
Comprehensive Care
Virtual Second Opinion
A second opinion can help you make confident decisions about treatment for pulmonary vascular disease. With our Virtual Second Opinion service, we’ll guide you through every step of the process.
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Pulmonary Hypertension News From Cedars-Sinai
Lung Disease Research
The Women’s Guild Lung Institute Research at Cedars‑Sinai. As a Cedars-Sinai patient, you benefit from our "bench to bedside" approach, which brings research results out of the lab and into your care plan as quickly as possible. Learn about the investigations into lung injury and repair, lung inflammation, fibrosis and other research to improve diagnosis and treatment options for lung diseases.
Lung Disease Clinical Trials
Find out about the latest clinical trials being conducted by teams of medical researchers and doctors, with the goal of understanding lung conditions and finding potential new treatments.
Get Help Today
Call the Pulmonary Vascular Disease care team at 310‑423-8784,
Monday‑Friday, 8 am-5 pm PT.
You can also have us call you back at your convenience.