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To determine whether pulmonary hypertension can directly impair vascular growth and alveolarization in the fetus, we studied the effects of chronic intrauterine pulmonary hypertension on lung growth in fetal lambs. We performed surgery, which included partial constriction of the ductus arteriosus (DA) to induce pulmonary hypertension (PH, n = 14) or sham surgery (controls, n = 13) in fetal lambs at 112\u2013125 days (term = 147 days). Tissues were harvested near term for measurement of right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH), radial alveolar counts (RAC), mean linear intercepts (MLI), wall thickness, and vessel density of small pulmonary arteries. Chronic DA constriction caused RVH ( P &lt; 0.0001), increased wall thickness of small pulmonary arteries ( P &lt; 0.002), and reduced small pulmonary artery density ( P &lt; 0.005). PH also reduced alveolarization, causing a 27% reduction in RAC and 20% increase in MLI. 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