Her Condition
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) is a lung disorder characterized by high blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries. In this instance, ‘idiopathic’ means an ‘unknown cause’ of the pulmonary artery hypertension.
Due to this disorder blood flows through the stiff and narrow pulmonary artery with greater pumping force from the heart, and the high blood pressure in the pulmonary artery damages both the heart and lungs.