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Fatal dissection of the pulmonary artery in pulmonary arterial hypertension [PDF]
European Respiratory Review, 2009 A 41-yr-old patient with chronic stable idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) presented with sudden chest pain and unusual dyspnoea during physical exertion. The patient had been diagnosed with PAH at the age of 12 yrs and was in New York Heart Association functional class I/II.
B. Degano +5 more
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Pulmonary artery blood flow dynamics in chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension
Scientific Reports, 2023 Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is caused by incomplete resolution and organization of thrombi. Blood flow dynamics are involved in thrombus formation; however, only a few studies have reported on pulmonary artery blood flow dynamics in ...
Hideo Tsubata +8 more
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Bioengineering, 2023 The vibration of the heart valves’ closure is an important component of the heart sound and contains important information about the mechanical activity of a heart.
Jiachen Mi +3 more
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Peripheral pulmonary stenosis with Noonan syndrome treated by balloon pulmonary angioplasty
Pulmonary Circulation, 2020 Noonan syndrome is known to have various cardiovascular defects, which include pulmonary artery stenosis. Pulmonary artery stenosis is characterized by obstruction of pulmonary artery blood flow that can cause elevated pulmonary artery pressure and ...
Seien Ko +9 more
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Frequency of various cardiac complications in children with repaired tetralogy of Fallot identified by computer tomography [PDF]
Digital Diagnostics, 2023 BACKGROUND: Tetralogy of Fallot represents 7–10% of all cases of congenital heart disease, as it occurs in approximately 0.5 per 1,000 live births and is the second most common form of complex congenital heart disease.
Azhar M. Kabdullina +7 more
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The pulmonary valve and the pulmonary artery [PDF]
European Heart Journal, 2009 A 65-year-old female was admitted to our hospital complaining of a progressive dyspnoea. On physical examination, there was a mild diastolic murmur over the pulmonary area and the electrocardiogram was normal. Two-dimensional echocardiography showed an aneurysmatic dilation of the pulmonary artery trunk (diameters of 59 mm × 55 …
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology, 2023 Pulmonary artery sarcomas are rare, high-grade malignancies, primarily affecting the proximal elastic pulmonary artery and usually manifesting as tumoral impaction on imaging.
Min Seong Kim +3 more
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Pulmonary artery filling defects - Not all are pulmonary emboli
Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine, 2023 Differentiating pulmonary artery sarcoma from pulmonary artery emboli is challenging since the clinical presentation and imaging features of both conditions are often similar. Timely differentiation of the two conditions is important as delayed diagnosis
M. C. Wettasinghe +2 more
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PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Annals of Medicine, 2006 Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a disease of the small pulmonary arteries characterized by vascular narrowing and increased pulmonary vascular resistance, which eventually leads to right ventricular failure. Vasoconstriction, vascular proliferation, remodeling of the pulmonary vessels, and thrombosis are all contributing factors to the increased ...
Azad, Raiesdana, Joseph, Loscalzo
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대한영상의학회지, 2015 Pulmonary artery dissection is rarer than other intraluminal diseases of pulmonary artery such as pulmonary thromboembolism or pulmonary artery sarcoma. We report two cases of pulmonary artery dissection mimicking pulmonary artery sarcoma.
Joo Ho Park +3 more
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