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pulmonary hypertension


Precapillary ("arterial")
Vascular
L -> R shunts, Fallot, 1' pulm HTN, embolism, arteritis
Pleuro-pulmonary
emphysema, diffuse lung dz, fibrothorax, chest deformity, hilar mass

Postcapillary ("venous")
Cardiac
LV failure, mitral dz, LA myxoma or thrombus
Pulmonary venous
stenosis, mediastinal dz, pulmonary veno-occlusive dz


Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  2 February 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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