Imaging findings in human immunodeficiency virus-related pulmonary hypertension: report of five cases and review of the literature.
Five cases of human immunodeficiency virus-related pulmonary hypertension and their imaging manifestations are reported. The radiologic findings vary from mild enlargement of the pulmonary trunk or the central pulmonary arteries at early stages to marked dilatation of the central pulmonary arteries and massive cardiomegaly due to right ventricular and right atrial enlargement at later stages of the disease.
Bugnone
Alejandro N
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Mount Sinai Medical Center of Miami, 4300 Alton Rd, Radiology Bldg, Office 218, Miami Beach, FL 33140, USA. bugnone@hotmail.com
Viamonte
Manuel
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Garcia
Hernando
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D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed