title: [Clinical and functional tests for pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale in chronic pulmonary berylliosis and plutonium-induced pulmonary sclerosis].
abstract: Berylliosis and plutonium pneumosclerosis patients appeared to have two types of pulmonary hypertension: hypervolemic and hypertonic ones. Hypervolemic type of pulmonary circulation was revealed in 31.7% of berylliosis patients and in 53.8% of plutonium pneumosclerosis patients. Hypertonic type of pulmonary circulation was seen in 68.3% of berylliosis patients and in 46.2% of plutonium pneumosclerosis patients mainly at stages II and III. Berylliosis and plutonium pneumosclerosis patients are subjects for early pulmonary hypertension--moderate in most patients at stage I and high at stage II and III. Pulmonary hypertension is a main pathogenetic factor underlying chronic corpulmonale formation.
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authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Metliaeva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001607:Berylliosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D011005:Plutonium / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012598:Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D011005:Plutonium