title: Rare and life-threatening cardiovascular complication of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension diagnosed by trans-thoracic echocardiography.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Emile Muller, Unité de Soins Intensifs Cardiologiques, Groupement Hospitalier Mulhouse Sud Alsace, F-68000 Mulhouse, France.
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Birgy
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Emile Muller, Unité de Soins Intensifs Cardiologiques, Groupement Hospitalier Mulhouse Sud Alsace, F-68000 Mulhouse, France. Electronic address: didier.bresson@ch-mulhouse.fr.
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bresson
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Emile Muller, Unité de Soins Intensifs Cardiologiques, Groupement Hospitalier Mulhouse Sud Alsace, F-68000 Mulhouse, France.
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Duculescu
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Emile Muller, Unité de Soins Intensifs Cardiologiques, Groupement Hospitalier Mulhouse Sud Alsace, F-68000 Mulhouse, France.
authors.forename: Maxime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carpentier
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Louis Pradel, Service de Pneumologie - Centre de référence national des pathologies respiratoires rares, Groupement Hospitalier Est, F-69500 Bron, France.
authors.forename: Francois
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Philit
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Emile Muller, Unité de Soins Intensifs Cardiologiques, Groupement Hospitalier Mulhouse Sud Alsace, F-68000 Mulhouse, France.
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jacquemin
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Emile Muller, Unité de Soins Intensifs Cardiologiques, Groupement Hospitalier Mulhouse Sud Alsace, F-68000 Mulhouse, France.
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation / Q000379:methods; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D004232:Diuretics
keywords: Cardiac arrest; Pericardial effusion; Pulmonary artery dissection; Pulmonary hypertension