title: [Extrinsic compression of the pulmonary artery by non-microcytic lung carcinoma].
abstract: A patient with a remitting non-microcytic pulmonary carcinoma was subjected to Doppler-echocardiography. The detection of a pericardial effusion with compression of the pulmonary artery due to an extrinsic mass indicated that the disease was progressing. The Doppler technique was used to evaluate the degree of arterial stenosis by determining the pressure gradient caused by it (49 mmHg) and to calculate the right ventricle pressure (75 mmHg). Tumor infiltration of mediastinal structures was posteriorly confirmed by computed tomography.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valls Serral
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gómez-Aldaraví Gutiérrez
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Chorro Gascó
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Muñoz Gil
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Losada Casares
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Ferrer Casasnovas
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: López Merino
mesh_terms: D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000150:complications*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed