Successful Pulmonary Endarterectomy in a Patient with Klinefelter Syndrome

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 ou...

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Autores principales: Wierda, E., Reesink, H. J., Bruining, H., van Delden, O. M., Kloek, J. J., Bresser, P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3530858/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23304604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/104195
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author Wierda, E.
Reesink, H. J.
Bruining, H.
van Delden, O. M.
Kloek, J. J.
Bresser, P.
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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-35308582013-01-09 Successful Pulmonary Endarterectomy in a Patient with Klinefelter Syndrome Wierda, E. Reesink, H. J. Bruining, H. van Delden, O. M. Kloek, J. J. Bresser, P. Case Rep Pulmonol Case Report 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. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-12-13 /pmc/articles/PMC3530858/ /pubmed/23304604 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/104195 Text en Copyright © 2012 E. Wierda et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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