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Non-BMPR2 mutation heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension in Southeast Asia.
Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals - 1 May 2015
Pussadhamma Burabha, Kiatchoosakun Songsak, Vannaprasaht Suda, Barozzi Chiara
Abstract excerpt
A 29-year-old Thai man presented with progressive dyspnea and evidence of pulmonary hypertension. Computed tomography was negative for pulmonary embolism. Cardiac catheterization confirmed the diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (mean pulmonary artery pressure 54 mm Hg, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure 4 mm Hg, and pulmonary vascular resistance 25 Wood units) without an intracardiac shunt. Two...
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