Unilateral Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Disease: A Mimic of Pulmonary Artery Agenesis

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020 May 15;201(10):e74-e75. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201905-0997IM.

Authors

Stephanie Hon¹, Richard N Channick², Harrison W Farber³

Affiliations

¹ Pulmonary Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; and.
³ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 31899659
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201905-0997IM

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Chronic Disease
Computed Tomography Angiography
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Endarterectomy
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging*
Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology
Hypertension, Pulmonary / surgery
Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging*
Pulmonary Embolism / complications
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging*
Pulmonary Embolism / surgery
Vascular Malformations / diagnosis*
Vascular Resistance
Ventilation-Perfusion Scan
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnosis*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / etiology