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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Pulmonary Hypertension
Description: Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D.
Guest: Robert L. Scott, M.D., Ph.D.
Pulmonary hypertension is an important medical condition and often underrecognized in primary care. It has a variety of causes, and its most common presenting symptom is dyspnea. As primary care clinicians, we often see patients with symptoms of dyspnea and pulmonary hypertension is not a health problem we commonly encounter. Yet, early recognition and diagnosis is important and has major implications for patient outcomes. What are some clues that a patient might have pulmonary hypertension? What are its most common causes...