Congestive Heart Failure
Left Heart Failure
Hypertensive heart disease
Coronary artery disease
Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction
Acute myocardial infarction
Aortic and mitral valvular disease
Cardiomyopathy
Pericardial disease
Arrhythmias
Congenital heart disease
Endocarditis
Cardiotoxic drugs (e.g., Adriamycin)
Myocarditis
Acute rheumatic fever
Traumatic heart disease
Thyrotoxicosis
Thiamine deficiency
Anemia
Arteriovenous fistula (e.g., Paget's disease)
Neoplastic heart disease
Toxic shock syndrome
Pulmonary thromboembolism
Postcardioversion
Pregnancy
Left atrial thrombus
Right Heart Failure*
Associated with pulmonary venous hypertension (postcapillary)
Cardiac disease (see previous Left Heart Failure)
Pulmonary venous disease
Mediastinal neoplasm or granuloma
Mediastinitis and fibrosis
Anomalous pulmonary venous return
Congenital pulmonary venous stenosis
Idiopathic pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
Associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension (precapillary)
Lung and pleural disease
Chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and asthma
Granulomatous disease (e.g., sarcoidosis)
Pneumonia
Fibrotic disease
Neoplasm
Chronic suppurative disease (e.g., bronchiectasis)
Cystic fibrosis
Collagen-vascular disease
Other restrictive processes
After lung resection
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Fibrothorax
Chest wall deformity
Kyphoscoliosis
Thoracoplasty
Congenital pulmonary hypoplasia (Down syndrome)
Alveolar hypoventilation
Neuromuscular
Primary alveolar hypoventilation
Obesity
Sleep apnea syndrome
High-altitude pulmonary hypertension
Intracardiac disease
Increased flow associated with large left-to-right shunt
Patent ductus arteriosus
Atrial septal defect
Ventricular septal defect
Sinus of Valsalva aneurysm
Decreased flow
Tetralogy of Fallot
Peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis (or stenoses)
Unilateral absence or stenosis of pulmonary artery
Vascular disease
Pulmonary thromboembolic disease
Primary pulmonary hypertension
Hepatic cirrhosis and/or partial thrombosis
Chemically induced (e.g., aminorex)
Persistent fetal circulation
Pulmonary arteritis
Peripheral pulmonary artery stenosis
Unilateral stenosis or absence of pulmonary artery
Without pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonic stenosis
Tricuspid stenosis (nonrheumatic)
Tricuspid regurgitation not associated with pulmonary hypertension
Decreased right ventricular compliance
Ebstein's anomaly
Atrial myxoma
Reference
1. Grossman W, Braunwald E: Pulmonary Hypertension, p. 780. See Bibliography, 1.
*See 12-O.
Book Source Details
- Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
- Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
- Year of Publication: 1999
- Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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