scholarly journals Be mindful when evaluating a patient with chest pain and pulmonary hypertension

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Freitas
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Hypertension ◽  
Chest Pain

A Not so Obvious Cause of Chest Pain: Pulmonary Hypertension

2014 ◽  
Vol 127 (7) ◽  
pp. 605-607 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea De Lorenzo ◽  
Carlito Lessa ◽  
Gabriel Camargo ◽  
Ilan Gottlieb ◽  
Ronaldo S.L. Lima
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Hypertension ◽  
Chest Pain

A 55-Year-Old Woman With Pulmonary Hypertension, Worsening Dyspnea, and Chest Pain

CHEST Journal ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 145 (3) ◽  
pp. 642-645
Author(s):  
Amanda Godfrey ◽  
Hector R. Cajigas
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Hypertension ◽  
Chest Pain

scholarly journals Unilateral Pulmonary Artery Aplasia in a Pregnant Patient

2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 ◽  
pp. 1-3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chitra Lal ◽  
Jim Barker ◽  
Charlie Strange
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Hypertension ◽  
Chest Pain ◽  
Pulmonary Artery ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Pregnant Patient ◽  
Pregnant Female ◽  
Prospective Evaluation ◽  
Rare Anomaly ◽  
History Of ◽  
In Pregnancy

Unilateral pulmonary artery aplasia is a rare anomaly. Case reports of this condition in pregnant patients are even more uncommon and the best approach to management of such patients is still unclear. We report a patient who presented with a history of dyspnea, chest pain, and hemoptysis. Imaging established the diagnosis in a newly pregnant female. Management of the pulmonary artery aplasia patient in pregnancy requires prospective evaluation of pulmonary hypertension.

Pulmonary hypertension

2010 ◽  
pp. 307-314
Author(s):  
Juan Carlos Kaski
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Clinical Trials ◽  
Pulmonary Hypertension ◽  
Chest Pain ◽  
Exercise Tolerance ◽  
Shortness Of Breath ◽  
Severe Condition

Introduction 308 Investigations/diagnosis 308 Classification/prognosis 309 Treatment 310 Clinical trials 314 Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is characterized by an increase in BP in the lung vasculature that leads to shortness of breath, dizziness, syncope, chest pain, and other symptoms, all of which are exacerbated by exertion. PH can be a severe condition with a markedly reduced exercise tolerance and lead to heart failure and death....

Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatosis: A Rare Cause of Pulmonary Hypertension

2015 ◽  
Vol 139 (2) ◽  
pp. 274-277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary C. O'Keefe ◽  
Miriam D. Post
Keyword(s):  
Endothelial Cells ◽  
Pulmonary Hypertension ◽  
Chest Pain ◽  
Clinical Presentation ◽  
Definitive Treatment ◽  
Pulmonary Capillaries ◽  
Pulmonary Capillary ◽  
Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatosis ◽  
Thin Walled ◽  
Microscopic Diagnosis

Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis is a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension characterized by extensive proliferation of pulmonary capillaries within alveolar septae. Clinical presentation is nonspecific and includes dyspnea, cough, chest pain, and fatigue. Radiology shows diffuse centrilobular ground-glass opacities. Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis is clinically and radiographically indistinguishable from peripheral venoocclusive disease, making microscopic diagnosis essential. Histologically, pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis shows an abnormal proliferation of small, thin-walled capillaries that expand the alveolar septae. The endothelial cells that comprise these lesions are cytologically bland and show no mitotic activity. Pulmonary capillary hemangiomatosis is important to recognize because prostacyclin therapy, a mainstay in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension, has been reported to cause sudden respiratory distress and death in these patients. Prognosis of this disease remains poor, and the only definitive treatment is lung transplantation.

scholarly journals Pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary artery dissection

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 238-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo de Amorim Corrêa ◽  
Luciana Cristina dos Santos Silva ◽  
Cláudia Juliana Rezende ◽  
Rodrigo Castro Bernardes ◽  
Tarciane Aline Prata ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Pulmonary Hypertension ◽  
Chest Pain ◽  
Sudden Death ◽  
Pulmonary Artery ◽  
Cardiogenic Shock ◽  
Acute Chest Pain ◽  
Therapeutic Options ◽  
Artery Dissection ◽  
Fatal Complication ◽  
Progressive Dyspnea

Pulmonary artery dissection is a fatal complication of long-standing pulmonary hypertension, manifesting as acute, stabbing chest pain, progressive dyspnea, cardiogenic shock, or sudden death. Its incidence has been underestimated, and therapeutic options are still scarce. In patients with pulmonary hypertension, new chest pain, acute chest pain, or cardiogenic shock should raise the suspicion of pulmonary artery dissection, which can result in sudden death.

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