A Case of Fulminant Right Heart Failure Owing to Tumoral Pulmonary Hypertension

Tumoral pulmonary hypertension is a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension. We report a patient who was thought to have idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, but later developed fulminant right heart failure ultimately leading to death. Autopsy revealed substantial pulmonary tumor embolism burde...

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Veröffentlicht in:	JACC. Case reports 2023-03, Vol.10, p.101715-101715, Article 101715
Hauptverfasser:	Wang, Kedong, Verma, Anuj, Fish, Kaitlin E., Hu, Jiun-Ruey, Miller, P. Elliott, Morrow, Jon S., Singh, Inderjit, Young, Lawrence H.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	acute heart failure cancer Imaging Vignette pulmonary hypertension
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Zusammenfassung:	Tumoral pulmonary hypertension is a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension. We report a patient who was thought to have idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, but later developed fulminant right heart failure ultimately leading to death. Autopsy revealed substantial pulmonary tumor embolism burden originating from liver adenocarcinoma. (Level of Difficulty: Advanced.) [Display omitted]
ISSN:	2666-0849 2666-0849
DOI:	10.1016/j.jaccas.2022.101715