Revised diagnostic classification of pulmonary hypertension (2003)
• Pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH) | |
Idiopathic PAH | |
Familial PAH | |
Related to: | Collagen vascular disease |
Congenital systemic to pulmonary shunts | |
Portal hypertension | |
HIV infection | |
Drugs and toxins | |
Others | |
Associated with significant venous or capillary involvement | |
Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease | |
Pulmonary capillary haemangiomatosis | |
• Pulmonary hypertension with left heart disease | |
• Pulmonary hypertension associated with lung disease and/or hypoxaemia | |
• Pulmonary hypertension caused by chronic thrombotic or embolic disease | |
• Miscellaneous |