Heritable Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Diagnosed during the Postpartum Period: A Case Report and Literature Review.

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Approximately one-third of bone morphogenic protein receptor-2 (BMPR2) mutation carriers develop pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), which indicates that additional risk factors are needed for the manifestation of the disease. It is questionable whether pregnancy is a risk factor for PAH development in these patients. We represent a 30-year-old woman with a heterozygous BMPR2 mutation who was diagnosed with...

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