A 6-hour-old term neonate with meconium staining presents with progressive respiratory distress, cyanosis, and hypotension. Chest X-ray shows hyperinflation with patchy infiltrates. Which finding best distinguishes meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) with pulmonary hypertension from MAS without pulmonary hypertension?

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