The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by bronchiectasis:
Respiratory system (J00-J99)
- Bronchopleural fistula
- Pulmonary abscess (encapsulated collection of pus in the lungs).
- Pleural empyema – accumulation of pus (empyema) within the pleura).
- Pneumonia (pneumonia)
Cardiovascular system (I00-I99)
- Cor pulmonale – dilatation (widening) and/or hypertrophy (enlargement) of the right ventricle (main chamber) of the heart due to pulmonary hypertension (increase in pressure in the pulmonary circulation: pulmonary arterial mean pressure (mPAP) > 25 mmHg at rest – normal mPAP is 14 ± 3 and does not exceed 20 mmHG), which may be due to various diseases of the lung
- Pulmonary hypertension (PH; pulmonary hypertension).
- Systolic and diastolic dysfunction of the left ventricle
Infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99).
- Bacterial metastasis to other organs
- Fungal accumulations in the lungs
Psyche – nervous system (F00-F99; G00-G99)
Symptoms and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
- Hemoptysis (hemoptysis).
