Pulmonary hypertension

• Abbreviated as PH
• Also known as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)

PH is categorized into 5 groups by the World Health Organization WHO:

• WHO Group 1: Pulmonary arterial hypertension
• WHO Group 2: PH from left heart disease
• WHO Group 3: PH from chronic hypoxic lung disease
• WHO Group 4: PH from chronic thromboembolic lung disease
• WHO Group 5: PH from unclear multifactorial mechanisms

^{(Rose-Jones 2015)}

• Rose-Jones LJ, Mclaughlin VV. Pulmonary hypertension: types and treatments. Curr Cardiol Rev. 2015;11(1):73-79. doi:10.2174/1573403×09666131117164122