Review of the literature in pulmonary arterial hypertension. The disease is dependent on the arterial pulmonary circulation and also affects the heart muscle. It presents with nonspecific symptoms, a condition that does not favor the early differential diagnosis. It is a serious disease that primarily affects women and has an expected average life of no more than 5 years after diagnosis.
The purpose of the elaborate is to provide a framework on the disease, its etiology, the various classifications, the therapy that is to be taken and the role that has the nurse during the path that the patient takes from the time of diagnosis until acceptance of therapy.
For the realization of the review were included literary publications past, clinical trials and reports of congresses.
