Coexistent pulmonary and portal hypertension: Morphologic and clinical features
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Pulmonary hypertension and portal venous system thrombosis.
Necropsy reports suggest that pulmonary hypertension may occur as a result of portal hypertension with portal venous thrombosis (Naeye, 1960). Obstructive pulmonary vascular disease appears to be the underlying pathology leading to chronic cor pulnonale with right ventricular hypertrophy. Nevertheless, clinical cases have rarely been reported. The haemodynamic changes and radiological findings ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(87)80123-7