1. Complications of pulmonary hypertension: a pictorial review
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Nicola H. Strickland, Sze M Mak, and Deepa Gopalan
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Diagnostic Imaging ,Lung Diseases ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Heart Diseases ,Hypertension, Pulmonary ,Pictorial Review ,Signs and symptoms ,Disease ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Vascular Diseases ,Intensive care medicine ,business.industry ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Pulmonary hypertension ,Insidious onset ,Surgery ,030228 respiratory system ,Etiology ,business ,Rare disease - Abstract
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a rare disease with a significant morbidity and mortality if untreated. The disease has a multifactorial aetiology and is often associated with insidious onset of signs and symptoms. Multimodality imaging is often required for establishing the diagnosis, evaluating the underlying haemodynamic compromise and follow-up after institution of therapy. The range of potential complications associated with PH vary widely. We aimed to summarize the imaging findings of complications that the radiologist should be familiar with.
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- 2017
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