Lungs Circulatory - Pathology
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Pulmonary Hyperaemia
Pulmonary Congestion
Pulmonary Oedema
Pulmonary Haemorrhage
Pulmonary Embolism, Thrombosis and Infarction
Pulmonary hypertension
- Caused by left-to-right vascular shunts or increased resistance of the pulmonary vascular system
- In animals, it is most commonly a sequel of widespread fibrosis in the lung or chronic bronchitis or bronchiolitis which stimulates hypertrophy in the walls of small arteries
- Severe prolonged pulmonary hypertension leads to cor pulmonale, right-sided heart failure secondary to primary lung disease