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Pulmonary hypertension and filariasis.
Two cases of 'primary' pulmonary hypertension with hypereosinophilia, in whom adult filarial worms were found, are described from Ceylon. The significance of the association between filariasis, tropical pulmonary eosinophilia, and pulmonary hypertension is discussed. It is postulated that pulmonary hypertension followed the chronic destruction of microfilariae in the lungs and their embolizatio...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1974
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.36.7.676