A Case of Fulminant Right Heart Failure Owing to Tumoral Pulmonary Hypertension

Tumoral pulmonary hypertension is a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension. We report a patient who was thought to have idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, but later developed fulminant right heart failure ultimately leading to death. Autopsy revealed substantial pulmonary tumor embolism burde...

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Autores principales: Wang, Kedong, Verma, Anuj, Fish, Kaitlin E., Hu, Jiun-Ruey, Miller, P. Elliott, Morrow, Jon S., Singh, Inderjit, Young, Lawrence H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10039392/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36974052
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.101715
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Sumario:Tumoral pulmonary hypertension is a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension. We report a patient who was thought to have idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, but later developed fulminant right heart failure ultimately leading to death. Autopsy revealed substantial pulmonary tumor embolism burden originating from liver adenocarcinoma. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.)

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