Heart and Stroke Foundation study explores women’s rare blood pressure condition

"In a rare condition known as idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, blood pressure is abnormally high in the pulmonary arteries (arteries that carry blood to the lungs for oxygenation). This makes it more difficult for blood to flow through the lungs, causing shortness of breath and fatigue. It can be fatal if it starts to affect the right ventricle of the heart, which is the pumping chamber to the lungs. This condition also affects women two to three times more often than men. Heart and Stroke Foundation funded research student Mavra Ahmed and her supervisor Dr. Susanna Mak have been researching how women's hormones may play a role in this condition"