A Case of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
| Autor: | Doo-Il Kim, Tae-Jin Kim, Ki-Hun Kim, Pil-Sang Song, Xin Jin, Jae-Kyun Kim, Sang-Hoon Seol, Dong-Kie Kim, Bo-Min Park |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Transthoracic echocardiography Pulmonary embolism Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension Computed tomography Case Report medicine.disease body regions Internal medicine Cardiology Medicine Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Severe complication |
| Zdroj: | Cardiology Research |
| ISSN: | 1923-2837 1923-2829 |
| Popis: | Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a severe complication of incomplete resolution of large pulmonary embolism (PE).Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and chest computed tomography (CT) are useful for the diagnosis and follow-up of CTEPH. We report a case of 40-year-old male who wasadmitted with gradually aggravated dyspnea in recent 2 years and had history of acute PE 10 years ago, was detected CTEPH by TTE and confirmed with chest CT. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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