Description
pulmonary arterial hypertension: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a group of diseases characterized by elevated pulmonary arterial resistance leading to right heart failure. PAH is progressive and potentially fatal. PAH may be idiopathic and/ or familial, or induced by drug or toxin (drug-or toxin-induced PAH, see these terms) or associated with other diseases like congenital heart disease, connective tissue disease, HIV, schistosomiasis, portal hypertension (PAH associated with other disease, see this term).
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode |
I9_SECONDRIGHT |
| Hospital Discharge registry |
ICD-10: I27, ICD-9: 416, ICD-8: 426 |
| Cause of Death registry |
ICD-10: I27, ICD-9: 416, ICD-8: 426 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy |
4 |
| First defined in version |
DF3 |
Ontology