title: Successful pulmonary endarterectomy in a patient with klinefelter syndrome.
abstract: Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is a frequent genetic disorder due to one or more supernumerary X chromosomes. KS is associated with an increased risk for venous thromboembolic events like deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. This paper describes a 37-year-old male patient with KS referred to our tertiary center with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, and who was successfully treated by pulmonary endarterectomy.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, 1090 HM Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wierda
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Reesink
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bruining
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: van Delden
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Kloek
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bresser