Unusual course of pulmonary hypertension of vascular origin.
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.
Himmelmann
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Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland.
Speich
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Real
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Russi
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D010855:Pierre Robin Syndrome / Q000150:complications*