10th March 2024

A 53-year-old female presents to the Respiratory clinic.

A 53-year-old female presents to the Respiratory clinic. She has just been diagnosed with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) and is keen to know a bit more about why this pathology is causing an increased pressure in her lung vasculature. When adapting Ohm’s law, what parameter is causing the increased pulmonary pressure in her case?

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