肺高壓又稱肺動脈高壓(Pulmonary hypertension,簡稱PH或PHTN),是描述肺循環內的壓力升高的情形。肺高壓會造成呼吸困難、暈眩、昏厥、下肢水腫,肺高壓患者會因為心臟負荷增加令運動能力急速下降,以及發生其他症狀,可引致心臟衰竭導致病患死亡[1]。此症於1891年由恩斯特·馮·倫伯格(德语:Ernst von Romberg)首次描述[2]。根據最新的分類,肺高壓共有六種形式[3]。
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