Which of the following does not cause pulmonary hypertension?
ANSWER: (C) HyperventilationREF: Harrison 17th ed chapter 244Fenfluramine is known to cause PAHPulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH)Idiopathic (IPAH) (formerly PPH)Familial (FPAH)Associated with (APAH):C ollagen vascular diseas eCongenital systemic-to- pulmonary shuntsPortal hypertensionHIV infectionDrugs and toxinsOther (thyroid disorders, glycogen storage disease, Gaucher disease, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, hemoglobinopathies, myeloproliferative disorders, splenectomy)Associated with significant venous or capillary involvementPulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD)Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis (PCH)Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newbornPulmonary hypertension with left heart diseaseLeft-sided atrial or ventricular heart diseaseLeft-sided valvular heart diseasePulmonary hypertension associated with lung diseases and/or hypoxemiaChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseInterstitial lung diseaseSleep-disordered breathingAlveolar hypoventilation disordersChronic exposure to high altitudeDevelopmental abnormalitiesPulmonary hypertension due to chronic thrombotic and/or embolic diseaseThromboembolic obstruction of proximal pulmonary arteriesThromboembolic obstruction of distal pulmonary arteriesNonthrombotic pulmonary embolism (tumor, parasites, foreign material)MiscellaneousSarcoidosis, histiocytosis X, lymphangiomatosis, compression of pulmonary vessels (adenopathy, tumor, fibrosing mediastinitis)
Sickle cell anemia
Fenfluramine
Hyperventilation
Scleroderma
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