title: [Chronic cor pulmonale after embolism, antiphospholipid syndrome, Horton disease: therapeutic approach apropos of a case].
abstract: Chronic thromboembolic cor pulmonale is a rave evolutive complication of acute pulmonary embolism, responsible for a sometimes severe dysprea. The etiological research and the therapeutic possibilities are studied. The association with a Horton's disease bad us to consider the links between this pathology, the existence of antiphospholipid antibodies and the thromboembolic complications.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital Sainte-Anne, Toulon Naval.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Beynel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guigay
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vauterin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications*; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy