Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension is a clot you cannot swat

A 49-year-old man with progressive dyspnea on exertion and a remote history of syncope presented with hypotension and acute right ventricular failure, and was ultimately diagnosed with acute pulmonary embolism. Laboratory data revealed a prolonged activated partial thromboplastin time, which confoun...

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Main Authors: G. Jay Bishop, MD, FACP, FSVM, RPVI, Joshua Gorski, MD, Daniel Lachant, DO, Scott J. Cameron, MD, PhD, RPVI, FSVM, FACC
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S246842871930098X