Beyond the Diagnosis of Group IV Pulmonary Hypertension

Autor: DO Marco Caccamo, Noor Chima, Mohammed Osman, DO George G. Sokos, DO Christopher Bianco
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Takayasu arteritis
PH
pulmonary hypertension

030105 genetics & heredity
PET
positron emission tomography

03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
medicine
cancer
Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Medical diagnosis
thrombosis
CTEPH
chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

business.industry
autoimmune
medicine.disease
Pulmonary hypertension
Thrombosis
Mini-Focus Issue: Clinical Cardiology
PET - Positron emission tomography
MRA
magnetic resonance angiogram

RC666-701
V/Q
ventilation/perfusion scan

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Case Report: Clinical Case
Differential diagnosis
spindle cell sarcoma
RV
right ventricular

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Zdroj: JACC: Case Reports, Vol 2, Iss 12, Pp 1999-2003 (2020)
JACC Case Reports
ISSN: 2666-0849
Popis: We present 3 patients with similar clinical presentation of group IV pulmonary hypertension but with totally different diagnoses. This case series highlights the need to keep a broad differential diagnosis and to utilize more diverse imaging modalities for the diagnosis of group IV pulmonary hypertension. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)
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Databáze: OpenAIRE