Symptoms and Sign – Differential Diagnosis Cor Pulmonale

Symptoms and Sign – Differential Diagnosis Cor Pulmonale
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
•Collagen-vascular disease (e.g., systemic lupus erythematosus [SLE]; calcinosis cutis, Raynaud’s phenomenon, esophageal dysfunction, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia [CREST]; systemic sclerosis)
• Interstitial lung disease
• Neuromuscular diseases causing hypoventilation (e.g., antilymphocyte serum [ALS])
• Primary pulmonary hypertension
• Pulmonary thromboembolic disease
• Pulmonary venous disease