Non-invasive methods in the diagnosis of chronic major-vessel thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
The diagnosis of chronic major-vessel thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension was made in a 63-year-old man by noninvasive methods (Echo, CT, MRI) and confirmed by pulmonary angiography and surgery. All these methods proved very useful in detecting and defining this rare entity.
Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ibn-i Sina Hospital, Ankara University, Turkey.
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D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*