title: [Chronic pulmonary hypertension caused by left axillary vein thrombosis. Report of a clinical case].
abstract: Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) of the upper extremity is infrequent, occurring with an incidence estimated at 1-3% of that of DVT of the lower extremity; acute pulmonary embolism following upper extremity DVT is very uncommon; thromboembolic chronic hypertension is quite rare. Therefore a case of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension due to a non-traumatic ("spontaneous") left axillary vein thrombosis is described: in this case only the double lung transplantation has been shown to be effective in the treatment of advanced cardiopulmonary disorder.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Cardiologia Ospedale San Carlo Borromeo, Milano.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saviotti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001367:Axillary Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male; D010690:Phlebography; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
vernacular_title: Ipertensione polmonare cronica da trombosi della vena ascellare sinistra. Descrizione di un caso clinico.