[Pulmonary hypertension. Topic review. 2 clinical cases].
The authors describe two cases of pulmonary hypertension (PHT). In the first case it is secondary to pulmonary thromboembolism, a frequent and serious occurrence, witch is well known as a cause of PHT. In the second case the PHT is probably secondary to infection by human immunodeficiency virus, also a serious and frequent condition in clinical practice but which was only recently identified as a cause of PHT. Formerly these patients were considered as suffering from primary PHT. The authors make a brief review of the literature on pulmonary hypertension.
Almeida
Lurdes
L
Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital de Egas Moniz, Lisboa.
Amado
Paula
P
Santos
Isabel
I
Vasconcelos
Nuno
N
Rodrigues
Carvalho
C
Silveira
Conceição
C
Nazaré
José
J
Carmona
José
J
D000328:Adult; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications*