CLINICOPATHOLOGIC CORRELATIONS Clinical Primary Pulmonary Hypertension Three Pathologic Types
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Clinically, there is a group of patients with elevated pulmonary arterial pressure in whom the underlying cause is not apparent. The pulmonary arterial wedge pressure is not elevated. For such cases, the designation of primary pulmonary hypertension may be made clinically. From the clinical categorization of primary pulmonary hypertension, three distinct pathologic entities emerge, namely 1) plexogenic pulmonary arteriopathy, 2) recurrent pulmonary thromboembolism, and 3) pulmonary veno-occlusive disease. The plexogenic type is characterized initially by pulmonary arterial vasoconstriction with medial hypertrophy. Secondary
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