Table 2.
Obstructive lung diseases |
▸ COPD* (chronic obstructive bronchitis, emphysema and their association) |
▸ Asthma (with irreversible airway obstruction) |
▸ Cystic fibrosis† |
▸ Bronchiectasis |
▸ Bronchiolitis obliterans |
Restrictive lung diseases |
▸ Neuromuscular diseases: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, myopathy, bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis, etc |
▸ Kyphoscoliosis† |
▸ Thoracoplasty |
▸ Sequelae of pulmonary tuberculosis |
▸ Sarcoidosis |
▸ Pneumoconiosis† |
▸ Drug related lung diseases |
▸ Extrinsic allergic alveolitis |
▸ Connective tissue diseases |
▸ Idiopathic interstitial pulmonary fibrosis† |
▸ Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis of known origin |
Respiratory insufficiency of “central” origin |
▸ Central alveolar hypoventilation |
▸ Obesity–hypoventilation syndrome† (formerly “Pickwickian syndrome”) |
▸ Sleep apnoea syndrome† |
*Very frequent cause of pulmonary hypertension.
†Relatively frequent cause of pulmonary hypertension.