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==Differential Diagnosis:==
* Idiopathic Pulmonary Hypertension (Diagnosis of exclusion).
* Familial Pulmonary Hypertension.
* Cor Pulmonale( Right heart failure due to pulmonary disease).
* Congestive heart failure.
* Right sided valvular disease.
* Mitral stenosis.
 
All these can give similair symptoms as pulmonary hypertension and can be differentiated simply by History, Physical Exam and Echocardiogram.
 
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