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Dr. Javier Perez-Fernandez, Critical Care and Pulmonary Medicine Physician with Baptist Hospital and West Kendall Baptist Hospital, explains pulmonary hypertension happens because of the lack of oxygen in your blood.
He also says other cause of pulmonary hypertension is when the vessels are thicker than normal and the area where the blood goes through becomes smaller.
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