Meeting abstract
https://doi.org/10.26800/LV-142-supp5-30
Severe dilatation of the pulmonary artery at the presentation of idiopathic pulmonary hypertension - case report
Narcisse Nasri
; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Sara Soraja Nasri
; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Gordana Pavliša
; University Hospital Center Zagreb, Department for Respiratory Diseases Jordanovac Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Idiopathic pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare disease defined by the mean artery pulmonary pressure (mPAP) of at least 25 mmHg, pulmonary artery wedge pressure ≤ 15 mmHg and a pulmonary vascular resistance > 3 Wood units in the absence of other causes of precapillary pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary artery (PA) dilation is a common finding in PH, but only a small proportion of patients with PH had a diameter >40 mm. We present a patient with a severe PA dilatation already at the time of diagnosis.
Keywords
idiopathic pulmonary hypertension; pulmonary artery dilatation; truncus pulmonalis
Hrčak ID:
251852
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Publication date:
27.1.2021.
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