Causes of Pulmonary hypertension

Causes of Pulmonary hypertension (Diseases Database):

The follow list shows some of the possible medical causes of Pulmonary hypertension that are listed by the Diseases Database:

• Obstructive sleep apnoea
• Atrial septal defect (ostium primum)
• Bronchiectasis
• Primary pulmonary hypertension
• Fetal circulation, persistent
• Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia
• Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria
• Fallot's tetralogy
• Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis
• Churg-Strauss syndrome
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Cystic fibrosis
• Altitude sickness, chronic
• Pulmonary fibrosis
• Gaucher's disease
• Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
• Monocrotaline
• Schistosoma mansoni
• Portal hypertension
• Multiple lentigines syndrome
• Pickwickian syndrome
• Ventricular septal defect
• Schistosoma japonicum
• Pulmonary embolism
• Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
• Cholesterol ester storage disease
• Idiopathic spinal scoliosis
• Mitral valve incompetence
• Eisenmenger's syndrome
• Indian familial childhood cirrhosis
• Coal worker's pneumoconiosis
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Mitral valve stenosis
• Cor triatriatum

Pulmonary hypertension: Related Medical Conditions

To research the causes of Pulmonary hypertension, consider researching the causes of these these diseases that may be similar, or associated with Pulmonary hypertension:

• Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
• IPAH
• Idiopathic pulmonary hypertension
• Elevated pulmonary artery pressure
• Thrombotic pulmonary arteriopathy
• TPA
• Plexogenic pulmonary arteriopathy
• Primary pulmonary hypertension
• PPH
• Precapillary pulmonary hypertension
• Endothelin receptor antagonists
• ERAs

Pulmonary hypertension: Causes and Types

Causes of Types of Pulmonary hypertension: Review the cause informationfor the various types of Pulmonary hypertension:

• Primary pulmonary hypertension - when there is no underly lung or other disease.
• Secondary pulmonary hypertension - when caused by another underlying disease of heart or lung.
• more types...»

Causes of Broader Categories of Pulmonary hypertension: Review the causal information about the various more general categories of medical conditions:

• Artery conditions
• Hypertension
• Respiratory conditions
• Lung conditions
• Blood conditions
• Circulatory system conditions
• Chest conditions
• more types...»

Pulmonary hypertension as a complication of other conditions:

Other conditions that might have Pulmonary hypertension as a complication may, potentially, be an underlying cause of Pulmonary hypertension. Our database lists the following as having Pulmonary hypertension as a complication of that condition:

• Adult Cystic Fibrosis
• Atrial Septal Defect 3
• Atrial Septal Defect 4
• Atrial Septal Defect 5
• Atrial Septal Defect 6
• COPD
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Down Syndrome
• Lupus
• Obstructive sleep apnea
• Pierre Robin's sequence
• Pulmonary artery agenesis
• Pulmonary embolism
• Pulmonary fibrosis /granuloma
• Respiratory failure
• Scleroderma
• Silicosis
• Sleep apnea

Pulmonary hypertension as a symptom:

Conditions listing Pulmonary hypertension as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Pulmonary hypertension. Our database lists the following as having Pulmonary hypertension as a symptom of that condition:

• Absence of pulmonary artery
• Acid-Base Imbalance
• Alveolar capillary dysplasia
• Avasthey syndrome
• Bone cement implantation syndrome
• Congenital mitral malformation
• Congenital mitral stenosis
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Diffuse systemic sclerosi
• Eisenmenger Syndrome
• Gaucher disease type 3
• Glycine encephalopathy, classical neonatal early-onset form
• Glycine encephalopathy, classical neonatal form
• Glycine encephalopathy, classical neonatal late-onset form
• Glycine synthase deficiency
• Glycine synthase deficiency, type 1
• Glycine synthase deficiency, type 2
• Hemangiomatosis, familial pulmonary capillary
• Hypereosinophilic syndrome
• Limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis
• Lymphangiomatosis, pulmonary
• Methylcobalamin deficiency cbl G type
• Pulmonary cystic lymphangiectasis
• Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease
• Pulmonary venous return anomaly
• Respiratory acidosis
• Surfactant Metabolism Dysfunction
• Surfactant Metabolism Dysfunction, Pulmonary, 1
• Surfactant Metabolism Dysfunction, Pulmonary, 2
• Surfactant Metabolism Dysfunction, Pulmonary, 3
• Takayasu arteritis
• Unilateral pulmonary agenesis
• Vater-like syndrome, with pulmonary hypertension, abnormal ears and growth deficiency
• Wolman disease

Medical news summaries relating to Pulmonary hypertension:

The following medical news items are relevant to causes of Pulmonary hypertension:

• Inadequate diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension
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Related information on causes of Pulmonary hypertension:

As with all medical conditions, there may be many causal factors. Further relevant information on causes of Pulmonary hypertension may be found in:

• Risk factors for Pulmonary hypertension
• Hidden causes of Pulmonary hypertension