title: Unusual course of pulmonary hypertension of vascular origin.
abstract: We report a boy with an unusual course of pulmonary hypertension of vascular origin. He suffered from pulmonary perinatal complications due to a Pierre Robin anomaly. Pulmonary hypertension was diagnosed at the age of 18 months. He died from progressive right heart failure at the age of 19 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Himmelmann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Speich
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Real
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Russi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D010855:Pierre Robin Syndrome / Q000150:complications*