1. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) |
1.1. Idiopathic (IPAH) |
1.2. Heritable/familial (FPAH) 1.2.1. BMPR2 |
1.2.2. ALK1, Endoglin |
1.2.3. Unknown |
1.3. Drug and toxin-induced |
1.4. Associated with (APAH) |
1.4.1.Conective tissue disorders |
1.4.2. HIV infection |
1.4.3. Portal hypertension |
1.4.4. Congenital heart diseases |
1.4.5. Schistosomiasis |
1.4.6. Chronic hemolytic anemia |
1.5. Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) |
1’. Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) and pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis (PCH) |
2. Pulmonary hypertension with left heart disease |
2.1. Systolic dysfunction |
2.2. Diastolic dysfunction |
2.3. Valvular disease |
3. Pulmonary hypertension due to lung diseases and/or hypoxia |
3.1. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) |
3.2. Interstitial lung disease |
3.3. Other pulmonary diseases with mixed restrictive and obstructive pattern |
3.4. Sleep disordered breathing |
3.5. Alveolar hyperventilation disorders |
3.6. Chronic exposure of high altitude |
3.7. Developmental abnormalities |
4. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) |
5. Pulmonary hypertension with indistinct, multi-factorial mechanisms |
5.1. Hematological disorders (e.g. myeloproliferative disorders, splenectomy, hemoglobinopathies) |
5.2. Systemic disorders (e.g. sarcoidosis, pulmonary Langerhans cell histocytosis, lymphangiomatosis) |
5.3. Metabolic disorders (e.g. glycogen storage disease, Gaucher’s disease, thyroid disorders) |
5.4. Others (e.g. tumoral obstruction, fibrosingmediastinitis, chronic renal failure and dialysis) |