What percentage of the pulmonary vascular bed must be occluded by emboli before pulmonary hypertension occurs?

a. 25%
b. 33%
c. 50%
d. 75%

ANS: C
Pulmonary hypertension occurs when 50% of the pulmonary vascular bed has been occluded.

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