Differential Diagnosis for P2 increased/P2 Greater than A2 (adult)

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• Electromagnetic, Physics, trauma, Radiation Causes

  • Hypoxia
  • Ayerza/mountain sickness syndrome

• Allergic, Collagen, Auto-Immune Disorders

  • Rheumatic fever

• Congenital, Developmental Disorders

  • Ventricular large septal defect
  • Atrial septal defect
  • Patent ductus arteriosis
  • Ventricular septal defect
  • Eisenmenger syndrome
  • Taussig-Bing malformation

• Anatomic, Foreign Body, Structural Disorders

  • Amniotic fluid embolism
  • Chordae tendinae rupture
  • Mitral valve stenosis

• Arteriosclerotic, Vascular, Venous Disorders

  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Pulmonary embolism, massive
  • Pulmonary infarction

• Vegetative, Autonomic, Endocrine Disorders

  • Hyperthyroidism (Graves disease)
  • Pulmonary hypertension/PAH
  • Secondary pulmonary hypertension/effect
  • Cor pulmonale
  • Thyrotoxic heart disease
  • Pulmonary hypertension, primary idiopathic

• Reference to Organ System

  • Pulmonary edema
  • Pulmonary edema, left vent. acute
  • Pulmonary emboli, recurrent/Homans
  • Congestive heart failure
  • Lung disorders
  • Emphysema/COPD/Chronic lung disease
  • Acute cor pulmonale
  • Renal Failure Chronic

• Pathophysiologic

  • Alveolar hypoventilation/extrapulmonary
  • Right heart volume load/chronic
  • Right ventricle/pressure load, chronic
  • Right ventricular/volume-pressure load

• Heirarchical Major Groups

  • Heart disorders