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Pulmonary Hypertension RN is an educational resource for patients, caregivers, friends, and family members interested in learning about PAH. This site provides information on:

The blog is updated frequently and focuses on daily living with PAH.

All information is edited by an RN (Registered Nurse) specializing in pulmonary hypertension.

January 3, 2012

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Who’s Who at your Pulmonary Hypertension Center

The first visit at a PH center can be very overwhelming. Many patients receive the news that they have a serious life threatening disease they have never heard of and are presented with treatment options including drugs they don’t know anything about. Many times the patient will be introduced to a team of people that will be helping to provide care for them going forward. It can be a lot to digest and a lot to keep track of.

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December 19, 2011

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Second Opinions

I can’t tell you how frequently my patients ask if their doctor will be offended if the patient goes to a different physician for a second opinion or how many times a patient comes to see us for a second opinion. Sometimes they have family members that are scared and don’t want to believe they could really have PAH and they find a physician in their neck of the woods that they want to be involved. Other times the patient states they just weren’t getting answers they were

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