title: [Pulmonary hypertension following Rickettsia infection?].
abstract: A latent or stable pulmonary hypertension was established in three patients with a Q-Fever-Infection confirmed as occupational disease. According to sparse informations in the literature the development of a pulmonary hypertension in the course of this disease is taken into account. The investigation programme regarding Q-Fever-Infections should be completed by measurement of pulmonary artery pressure.
authors.affiliation: Zentralklinik für Herz- und Lungenkrankheiten, Bad Berka/DDR.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liebetrau
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pielesch
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology*; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure; D011778:Q Fever / Q000150:complications*; D012756:Sheep; D015047:Zoonoses
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen
vernacular_title: Pulmonaler Hypertonus nach Rickettsieninfektion?