[Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension associated with endomyocardial fibrosis of the right ventricle].
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is a rare sequela to an acute untreated or recurrent pulmonary embolism. The mechanisms that underlie the failure to resolve the thrombus are still uncertain. As most patients are not diagnosed until a relatively late stage, little is known about the course of their illness. We report the case of a 51-year-old woman who had previously been diagnosed with and operated on for endomyocardial fibrosis of the right ventricle and who developed chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension several years later.
Fernández Vázquez
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Servicio de Neumología. Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves. Granada. España. efernandezv@hvn.sas.junta-andalucia.es
Lacárcel Bautista
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Alcázar Navarrete
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Casado Moreno
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Espejo Guerrero
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Ruiz Carazo
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D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004719:Endomyocardial Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D011464:Epoprostenol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013532:Suriname / Q000208:ethnology; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed
D000925:Anticoagulants; D011464:Epoprostenol