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Pulmonary artery dissection: An emerging cardiovascular complication in surviving patients with chronic pulmonary hypertension
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Khattar, RS and Fox, DJ and Alty, JE and Arora, A, Pulmonary artery dissection: An emerging cardiovascular complication in surviving patients with chronic pulmonary hypertension, Heart, 91, (2) pp. 142-145. ISSN 1355-6037 (2005) [Contribution to Refereed Journal]
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DOI: doi:10.1136/hrt.2004.045799
Abstract
Pulmonary arterial dissection is an extremely rare and usually lethal complication of chronic pulmonary hypertension. The condition usually manifests as cardiogenic shock or sudden death and is therefore typically diagnosed at postmortem examination rather than during life. However, recent isolated reports have described pulmonary artery dissection in surviving patients. The first case of pulmonary artery dissection in a surviving patient with cor pulmonale caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is presented. The aetiology, pathophysiology, and clinical presentation of pulmonary artery dissection are reviewed and factors that may aid diagnosis during life are discussed.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Contribution to Refereed Journal |
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| Keywords: | case study, pulmonary arterial dissection, complications, patients |
| Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Cardiovascular medicine and haematology |
| Research Field: | Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases) |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical health |
| Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Alty, JE (Associate Professor Jane Alty) |
| ID Code: | 133248 |
| Year Published: | 2005 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 61 |
| Deposited By: | Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre |
| Deposited On: | 2019-06-19 |
| Last Modified: | 2019-07-02 |
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