title: [Diagnosis of chronic massive pulmonary thromboembolism in elderly patients].
abstract: Chronic massive thromboembolism of the pulmonary artery is an occlusion of the major branches of the pulmonary artery which develops as a result of repeated embolisms, as a result of non-dissolution and organizing of a thrombus or retrograde growth of a thrombus. The authors observed four elderly patients with chronic massive pulmonary embolization. In their clinical picture dominated progressing dyspnoea and signs of right heart failure. In the diagnosis perfusion scan of the lungs and pulmoangiographic examination plays an important part as they revealed even unilateral absence of pulmonary circulation. This examination was stimulated by weaker respiration at the site of the lacking perfusion in a portion of the lungs.
authors.affiliation: Geriatrické centrum sv. Lukása, Kosice.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koval
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takác
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Szabová
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Drahovská
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kriegerová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vancík
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Klimcík
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zimácek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takács
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Diagnostika chronickej masívnej tromboembólie pl'úcnice u chorých v starsom veku.