High-altitude pulmonary edema with pulmonary thromboembolism.
High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is a form of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema. The pathophysiology of HAPE remains unclear. A case of HAPE was associated with pulmonary thromboembolism of a left upper pulmonary artery. Pulmonary thromboembolism was an important factor in development of HAPE in this case.
Nakagawa
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Department of Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
Kubo
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K
Koizumi
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Kobayashi
T
T
Sekiguchi
M
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*