title: Bronchial venous plexus in left ventricular dysfunction.
abstract: Chronic pulmonary venous hypertension causes dilatation and engorgement of bronchial veins because of a close communication between bronchial and pulmonary veins. We report a case of severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction with chronically elevated pulmonary venous pressure leading to characteristic bronchoscopic findings of engorgement of bronchial veins.
authors.affiliation: *D.N. Sharma Hospital, Sonipat, Haryana †Lung Care & Sleep Centre, Fortis Hiranandani Hospital, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, India ‡Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Sonika
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: Parth S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Atul C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Mehta
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi / Q000098:blood supply*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D006801:Humans; D006940:Hyperemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D014680:Veins / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications*