[Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary embolism not preceded by clinical thromboembolic event - clinical, echocardiographic and haemodynamic course]

Kardiol Pol. 2011;69(1):58-60; discussion 66.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary embolism not preceded by clinical thromboembolic event(s) in a 50 year-old male with a history of three-year dyspnea on exertion was detected. Proximal chronic pulmonary embolism, mean pulmonary artery pressure 32 mm Hg, and pulmonary vascular resistance of 444 dyn x s(-1) x cm(-5) were found. We describe a 11-year clinical course of anticoagulated patient with monitoring of functional status and echocardiography and with control of pulmonary haemodynamics at the end of follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Dyspnea / drug therapy
  • Dyspnea / physiopathology
  • Echocardiography / methods
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hemodynamics / drug effects*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / drug therapy
  • Pulmonary Embolism / physiopathology*
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Resistance / physiology

Substances

  • Anticoagulants