The Costa del Sol Hospital conducts a campaign to raise awareness of Pulmonary Hypertension to promote its early diagnosis.

The multidisciplinary pulmonary hypertension unit at the Costa del Sol University Hospital (HUCS) has launched a campaign to raise awareness of this condition to increase knowledge about it among the general population and, especially, among healthcare professionals. The aim is to promote early diagnosis and improve the prognosis for patients suffering from it. This initiative coincides with the celebration of World Pulmonary Hypertension Day. This unit has coordinated with the Marbella City Council to light up the Marbella arch in blue last night as part of the activities aimed at the public on this day.

At HUCS, this pathology is managed by a multidisciplinary team consisting of specialists from the Cardiology, Pulmonology, Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Radiodiagnosis, and Hospital Pharmacy departments, as well as Nursing professionals and staff from the Research and Innovation unit of the center. It is the only one accredited by the Spanish Society of Cardiology with a 'specialized' level (there are three levels: basic, specialized, and high complexity) since 2024.

Pulmonary hypertension is a rare, chronic, and severe disease that occurs in the arteries of the lung. Through various mechanisms of inflammation, proliferation, and cell migration, the walls of the small arteries in the lung thicken, increasing the pressure directly on the right heart, causing right heart failure.