Unusual case of pulmonary hypertension.
Truly reversible pulmonary hypertension is rare. Acquired systemic arteriovenous (A-V) fistulas following spinal surgery (laminectomy) are a less recognized cause of secondary pulmonary hypertension. We describe a patient who presented with symptoms and clinical evidence of pulmonary hypertension and underwent endovascular correction of an acquired A-V fistula, which led to improvement according to clinical and noninvasive hemodynamic criteria.
Kolilekas
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Department of Respiratory Medicine, 251 Air Force and Veterans General Hospital, Athens, Greece. lykol@yahoo.gr
Gallis
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Liasis
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Anagnostopoulos
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Eleftheriadis
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D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D002302:Cardiac Output; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007796:Laminectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler