Kim Hong Deok, Chun Kwang Jin, Choi Seonghoon, Cho Jung Rae, Lee Namho, Kang Min-Kyung
Division of Cardiology, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
J Thorac Dis. 2017 Dec;9(12):E1074-E1078. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.11.114.
Clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension (PH) includes five groups: pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), PH due to left heart disease, PH due to lung diseases and/or hypoxemia, chronic thromboembolic PH, and PH with unclear and/or multifactorial mechanism. PH is categorized according to clinical presentation, pathological findings, hemodynamic significances and treatment strategy. The authors report a case of reversible PH with unknown etiology in association with suspected acute viral illness.
肺动脉高压(PH)的临床分类包括五组:动脉性肺动脉高压(PAH)、左心疾病所致PH、肺部疾病和/或低氧血症所致PH、慢性血栓栓塞性PH以及机制不明和/或多因素所致PH。PH根据临床表现、病理发现、血流动力学意义和治疗策略进行分类。作者报告了一例病因不明的可逆性PH病例,该病例与疑似急性病毒感染有关。