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The End-Organ Impairment in Liver Cirrhosis: Appointments for Critical Care

Table 4

Diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension.

Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with:
(i) Connective tissue diseases
(ii) Congenital heart diseases
(iii) Portopulmonary hypertension
(iv) HIV infection

Left heart disease:
(i) Systolic and diastolic dysfunction
(ii) Valvular heart disease

Primary lung diseases and/or chronic hypoxia
(i) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(ii) Interstitial lung disease
(iii) Sleep-disordered breathing

Chronic thromboembolism