Right ventricular fibrosis in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension

Acta Cardiol. 2020 Jun;75(3):263-264. doi: 10.1080/00015385.2019.1570676. Epub 2019 Feb 8.

Authors

Shu Yoshihara¹, Shioto Suzuki², Masaki Matsunaga³, Ippei Ohnishi², Masaaki Naito¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Iwata City Hospital, Iwata, Japan.
² Department of Pathology, Iwata City Hospital, Iwata, Japan.
³ Department of Cardiology, Iwata City Hospital, Iwata, Japan.

PMID: 30736720
DOI: 10.1080/00015385.2019.1570676

No abstract available

Keywords: Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension; autopsy; fibrosis; right ventricle.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

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Autopsy
Biopsy / methods*
Cardiomyopathies* / etiology
Cardiomyopathies* / pathology
Cardiomyopathies* / physiopathology
Computed Tomography Angiography / methods*
Echocardiography / methods
Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension* / complications
Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension* / diagnosis
Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension* / physiopathology
Fatal Outcome
Female
Fibrosis / diagnostic imaging
Fibrosis / etiology
Fibrosis / pathology
Heart Ventricles* / diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles* / pathology
Heart Ventricles* / physiopathology
Humans
Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular* / diagnostic imaging
Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular* / etiology
Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular* / pathology
Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular* / physiopathology
Ventricular Septum* / diagnostic imaging
Ventricular Septum* / pathology