Beyond the Diagnosis of Group IV Pulmonary Hypertension: Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Mimickers

We present 3 patients with similar clinical presentation of group IV pulmonary hypertension but with totally different diagnoses. This case series highlights the need to keep a broad differential diagnosis and to utilize more diverse imaging modalities for the diagnosis of group IV pulmonary hyperte...

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Autores principales: Chima, Noor Rehman, Osman, Mohammed, Sokos, George G., Bianco, Christopher, Caccamo, Marco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Mini-Focus Issue: Clinical Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8299125/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317097
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.101
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Sumario:We present 3 patients with similar clinical presentation of group IV pulmonary hypertension but with totally different diagnoses. This case series highlights the need to keep a broad differential diagnosis and to utilize more diverse imaging modalities for the diagnosis of group IV pulmonary hypertension. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

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