Extrinsic compression of the pulmonary artery by non-microcytic lung carcinoma

A patient with a remitting non-microcytic pulmonary carcinoma was subjected to Doppler-echocardiography. The detection of a pericardial effusion with compression of the pulmonary artery due to an extrinsic mass indicated that the disease was progressing. The Doppler technique was used to evaluate th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Revista española de cardiologia 1997-03, Vol.50 (3), p.208-210
Hauptverfasser:	Valls Serral, A, Gómez-Aldaraví Gutiérrez, R, Chorro Gascó, F J, Muñoz Gil, J, Losada Casares, J A, Ferrer Casasnovas, J V, López Merino, V
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Sprache:	spa
Schlagworte:	Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung - complications Constriction, Pathologic Echocardiography, Doppler Humans Lung Neoplasms - complications Male Middle Aged Pulmonary Artery - diagnostic imaging Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	A patient with a remitting non-microcytic pulmonary carcinoma was subjected to Doppler-echocardiography. The detection of a pericardial effusion with compression of the pulmonary artery due to an extrinsic mass indicated that the disease was progressing. The Doppler technique was used to evaluate the degree of arterial stenosis by determining the pressure gradient caused by it (49 mmHg) and to calculate the right ventricle pressure (75 mmHg). Tumor infiltration of mediastinal structures was posteriorly confirmed by computed tomography.
ISSN:	0300-8932