Pulmonary hypertension differential diagnosis

Assistant Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ralph Matar,

Differential Diagnosis:

 * Idiopathic Pulmonary Hypertension (Diagnosis of exclusion).
 * Familial Pulmonary Hypertension.
 * Cor Pulmonale( Right heart failure due to pulmonary disease).
 * Congestive heart failure.
 * Right sided valvular disease.
 * Mitral stenosis.

All these can give similair symptoms as pulmonary hypertension and can be differentiated simply by History, Physical Exam and Echocardiogram.