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, Rim Halaby

Overview

One of the most common initial presentations of patients with pulmonary hypertension is dyspnea; therefore, the differential diagnosis is very broad. As the disease progresses with time, more symptoms related to right ventricular hypertrophy and failure occur; which further narrows down the differential diagnosis.

Differential Diagnosis

Differentiating Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension from Other Diseases

Major entities in the differential diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension are:[1]

References

  1. Doi S (2008). "[Differential diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension]". Nihon Rinsho. 66 (11): 2127–32. PMID 19051731.