Lungs Circulatory - Pathology



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


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