Long-term sildenafil therapy for pulmonary veno-occlusive disease in association with melphalan therapy for multiple myeloma: A case report [PDF]
Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease has a significantly worse prognosis than idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension. According to a case series from France, the median survival time from diagnosis to death or lung transplantation was only 1 year, and in
Christian Hesse +3 more
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Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease in Sjogren's syndrome: a case report [PDF]
Background Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) associated with connective tissue disease (CTD) belongs to Group 1 pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD), which is characterized by venous system aberrations, has been previously ...
Xiaofang Zeng +8 more
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Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease: illustrative cases and literature review [PDF]
Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD), also known as “pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) with overt features of venous/capillary involvement”, is a rare cause of PAH characterised by substantial small pulmonary vein and capillary involvement ...
Benoit Lechartier +7 more
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Pulmonary arterial hypertension associated with pulmonary arteriovenous malformations and pulmonary veno-occlusive disease: A devastating combination [PDF]
We describe a case of an adolescent male with the rare combination of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM's) without confirmed hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT).
Baukje M. Zaaijer +7 more
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Novel AGL variants in a patient with glycogen storage disease type IIIb and pulmonary hypertension caused by pulmonary veno-occlusive disease: A case report [PDF]
Glycogen storage disease type III (GSD-III) is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder caused by mutations in the AGL gene, and may develop various types of pulmonary hypertension (PH).
Akito Shindo +10 more
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Anti-synthetase syndrome-associated pulmonary veno-occlusive disease [PDF]
Pulmonary arterial hypertension has been reported with a prevalence of 7.9% in patients with anti-synthetase syndrome; however, anti-synthetase syndrome associated with pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) has never before been described in the ...
Dana Kay +5 more
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Outcomes and risk assessment in pulmonary veno-occlusive disease [PDF]
Introduction Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare and severe subtype of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Although European Society of Cardiology/European Respiratory Society (ESC/ERS) guidelines advise assessing PAH severity at ...
Athénaïs Boucly +17 more
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A case of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease: diagnostic dilemmas and therapeutic challenges
Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Misdiagnosis of the disease is common since PVOD presents with clinical and radiographic features mimicking idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension or even PH due ...
Evdokia Sourla +5 more
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Late Onset Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated With Features of Pulmonary Veno‐Occlusive Disease and Rare Heterozygous Variants of KDR and EIF2AK4 [PDF]
The natural history of late‐onset pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) with features of venous/capillary involvement and the associations with rare variants in PAH genes are not well known.
Vasile Foris +11 more
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Mechanisms underlying age-associated exacerbation of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease [PDF]
Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare but severe form of pulmonary hypertension characterized by the obstruction of pulmonary arteries and veins, causing increased pulmonary artery pressure and leading to right ventricular (RV) heart failure.
Amit Prabhakar +8 more
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