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.
- OBLITERATIVE OR OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
- EFFECTS OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ON PULMONARY FUNCTION
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- Pulmonary Hemorrhagic Disorders
- Pulmonary Infiltrates with Eosinophilia PIE
- CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
- DIFFUSE INFILTRATIVE DISEASES OF THE LUNG
- Miscellaneous
- DIFFUSE LUNG DISEASE OF UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY
- Sarcoidosis
- POSTCAPILLARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
- Pulmonary Vasculitis
- Other Clearly Extrinsic Causes of Diffuse Infiltrative Lung Disease
- CAUSES OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
- PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ON CARDIAC FUNCTION
- EMBOLIC DISEASE
- CLINICAL FEATURES OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
- TREATMENT
- SPECIFIC ENTITIES - DISEASES WITH KFiOWIi ETIOLOGIES -
- HYPERKINETIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION