Causes of--underlying conditions leading to--Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

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• Primary Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension -- this condition is rare (the Pulmonary Hypertension Association suggests perhaps two patients per year in a population of one million. But it most certainly does occur, and is labelled "Primary" simply because the exact cause is unknown. The symptoms are all there, the blood pressure in the pulmonary artery is elevated beyond normal, with no known explanation. Click on this link for further explanation. [To be developed]
• Secondary Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension -- there are any number of known underlying conditions, some of them diseases affecting the lungs, some of them of the heart, and some from conditions in other organs of the body or even from some drugs and the body's reaction to those substances. Click on this link for more details. [To be developed]
  • Familial PH
  • Connective Tisse Diseases
    • Crest Syndrome
    • SLE
    • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Congenital Heart Disease
    • Atrial Septal Defect
    • Ventrical Septal Defect
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Diet Drugs