Bronchial Venous Plexus in Left Ventricular Dysfunction
| Autor: | Atul C. Mehta, Parth S. Shah, Sonika Malik |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine medicine.medical_specialty Hypertension Pulmonary Bronchi Hyperemia Veins Ventricular Dysfunction Left Bronchoscopy Internal medicine medicine Humans Bronchial vein Pulmonary pathology Severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction medicine.diagnostic_test Venous pressure business.industry Venous plexus Middle Aged respiratory system medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases Chronic disease Regional Blood Flow Chronic Disease cardiovascular system Cardiology Pulmonary venous hypertension business Dilatation Pathologic |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology. 21:142-144 |
| ISSN: | 1944-6586 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/lbr.0000000000000066 |
| Popis: | Chronic pulmonary venous hypertension causes dilatation and engorgement of bronchial veins because of a close communication between bronchial and pulmonary veins. We report a case of severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction with chronically elevated pulmonary venous pressure leading to characteristic bronchoscopic findings of engorgement of bronchial veins. |
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