Review Article
Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Table 1
Classification of PH.
| Group | Etiologies |
| Group 1. | Idiopathic, heritable, connective tissue disease, Human immunodeficiency virus infection, portopulmonary hypertension, congenital heart disease, drug/toxin induced, chronic hemolytic anemia, schistosomiasis, persistent PH of the newborn, pulmonary veno-occlusive disease and pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis. |
| Group 2. PH owing to left heart disease | Systolic and diastolic dysfunction, mitral and aortic valve diseases. |
| Group 3. Pulmonary hypertension owing to lung diseases and/or hypoxia | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease, sleep disordered breathing, and so forth. |
| Group 4. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension | Unresolved fibrin thromboembolization to the pulmonary arteries. |
| Group 5. Pulmonary hypertension with unclear multifactorial mechanisms | Myeloproliferative disorders, splenectomy, pulmonary vasculitis, neurofibromatosis, thyroid disorders, and so forth. |
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