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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author Chima, Noor Rehman
Osman, Mohammed
Sokos, George G.
Bianco, Christopher
Caccamo, Marco
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description 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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spelling pubmed-82991252021-07-26 Beyond the Diagnosis of Group IV Pulmonary Hypertension: Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Mimickers Chima, Noor Rehman Osman, Mohammed Sokos, George G. Bianco, Christopher Caccamo, Marco JACC Case Rep Mini-Focus Issue: Clinical Cardiology 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.) Elsevier 2020-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC8299125/ /pubmed/34317097 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.101 Text en © 2020 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
spellingShingle Mini-Focus Issue: Clinical Cardiology
Chima, Noor Rehman
Osman, Mohammed
Sokos, George G.
Bianco, Christopher
Caccamo, Marco
Beyond the Diagnosis of Group IV Pulmonary Hypertension: Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Mimickers
title Beyond the Diagnosis of Group IV Pulmonary Hypertension: Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Mimickers
title_full Beyond the Diagnosis of Group IV Pulmonary Hypertension: Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Mimickers
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title_full_unstemmed Beyond the Diagnosis of Group IV Pulmonary Hypertension: Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Mimickers
title_short Beyond the Diagnosis of Group IV Pulmonary Hypertension: Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Mimickers
title_sort beyond the diagnosis of group iv pulmonary hypertension: chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension mimickers
topic Mini-Focus Issue: Clinical Cardiology
url 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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