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Three-Dimensional Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Angiography in a Patient With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Before and After Thromboendarterectomy

Eckhard MayerThomas VoigtlaenderManfred ThelenH. OelertKarl-friedrich Kreitner

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Malemedicine.medical_specialtyHypertension Pulmonarymedia_common.quotation_subjectEndarterectomyMagnetic resonance angiographyThromboembolismPhysiology (medical)Internal medicinemedicine.arterymedicineHumansContrast (vision)Spiral ctAgedmedia_commonmedicine.diagnostic_testbusiness.industryDigital subtraction angiographymedicine.anatomical_structureChronic DiseasePulmonary arteryCardiologyVascular resistanceChronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertensionRadiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinessMagnetic Resonance Angiography

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The patient was a 69-year-old man with progressive dyspnea during the previous 5 years and no history of thromboembolic events. By means of spiral CT scanning and multiplanar digital subtraction angiography of the pulmonary arteries, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension was diagnosed. Mean pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance were elevated to 46 mm Hg and 890 …

https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.99.8.1101