title: A Case of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension.
abstract: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a severe complication of incomplete resolution of large pulmonary embolism (PE).Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and chest computed tomography (CT) are useful for the diagnosis and follow-up of CTEPH. We report a case of 40-year-old male who wasadmitted with gradually aggravated dyspnea in recent 2 years and had history of acute PE 10 years ago, was detected CTEPH by TTE and confirmed with chest CT.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Yanbian Second People's Hospital, Yanbian, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae Paik hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang-Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Seol
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae Paik hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Bo-Min
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae Paik hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Kyun
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae Paik hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Tae-Jin
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae Paik hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Pil-Sang
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae Paik hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong-Kie
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae Paik hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Ki-Hun
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine, Haeundae Paik hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Doo-Il
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension; Pulmonary embolism; Transthoracic echocardiography