Multifactorial Pulmonary Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis
| Autor: | Subramanyam Chittivelu, Ronald Espinosa, Habiba Hussain |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
interstitial lung disease
medicine.medical_specialty Pulmonology systemic sclerosis business.industry Cardiology General Engineering Interstitial lung disease Disease 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology medicine.disease Pulmonary hypertension Scleroderma 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Rheumatology pulmonary arterial hypertension multifactorial pulmonary hypertension medicine Etiology scleroderma Intensive care medicine business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Progressive disease |
| Zdroj: | Cureus |
| ISSN: | 2168-8184 |
| DOI: | 10.7759/cureus.9144 |
| Popis: | Pulmonary hypertension is a progressive disease often associated with multifactorial etiology. The impact of multiple causes contributing to rapid progression of the disease, to our knowledge has not been thoroughly reviewed in literature. The cause of pulmonary hypertension is often implied from pre-existing comorbidities. A diagnostic and management challenge exists when simultaneous presence of multiple plausible causes exist. Studies evaluating the rapid progression of symptoms in multifactorial pulmonary hypertension to this effect are lacking. We present a case of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in a patient with rapidly progressing symptoms to highlight the need for an early and thorough diagnostic workup. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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