Pulmonary artery enlargement in schistosomiasis associated pulmonary arterial hypertension
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Pulmonary artery enlargement in schistosomiasis associated pulmonary arterial hypertension
BACKGROUND Schistosomiasis associated pulmonary arterial hypertension (Sch-PAH) might represent the most prevalent form of PAH worldwide. In Sch-PAH, the presence of aneurismal dilation of the pulmonary artery has been described, although it is still a matter of debate whether on average the pulmonary artery is more enlarged in Sc-PAH than IPAH. METHODS We retrospectively evaluated patients w...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Pulmonary Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1471-2466
DOI: 10.1186/s12890-015-0115-y