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.
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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*