CLINICAL FEATURES OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
Clinical onset may be acute or chronic, depending on the cause. Acute pulmonary hypertension is usually due to thromboembolism, and patients may complain of sudden dyspnea with or without hemoptysis and pleuritic chest pain. Physical examination is frequently normal or may reveal tachypnea, a loud P2, a right ventricular heave, and a pleural rub or effusion. Gradually progressive dyspnea is the major symptom Of chronic pulmonary hypertension and in addition to a loud P2 and right ventricular heave, features of right heart failure—i.e., elevated jugular venous pressure, tender hepatomegaly, and pedal edemmay be found.
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- EFFECTS OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ON PULMONARY FUNCTION
- DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASE OF UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY
- Sarcoidosis
- SPECIFIC ENTITIES - DISEASES WITH KFiOWIi ETIOLOGIES -
- Pulmonary Hemorrhagic Disorders
- CLINICAL FEATURES OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
- CAUSES OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
- Miscellaneous
- OBLITERATIVE OR OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
- Other Clearly Extrinsic Causes of Diffuse Infiltrative Lung Disease
- Pulmonary Vasculitis
- TREATMENT
- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- POSTCAPILLARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
- CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
- Pulmonary Infiltrates with Eosinophilia PIE
- EMBOLIC DISEASE
- DIFFUSE INFILTRATIVE DISEASES OF THE LUNG
- HYPERKINETIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
- PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ON CARDIAC FUNCTION