A majority of people are unaware of the difference between high blood pressure or hypertension and a condition known as Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. November is PAH Awareness Month and a recent Ipsos Reid survey shows that there is a lot of work to do to raise awareness about a condition that will claim the lives of 40 to 55 per cent of patients within the first two years of diagnosis.

• Dr. John Granton, BSc, FRCPC, MD Programme Director, Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto and Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Programme, University Health Network.