Pulmonary hypertension differential diagnosis

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Assistant Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ralph Matar,

Differential Diagnosis:

• Idiopathic Pulmonary Hypertension (Diagnosis of exclusion).
• Familial Pulmonary Hypertension.
• Cor Pulmonale( Right heart failure due to pulmonary disease).
• Congestive heart failure.
• Right sided valvular disease.
• Mitral stenosis.

All these can give similair symptoms as pulmonary hypertension and can be differentiated simply by History, Physical Exam and Echocardiogram.