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KMID : 0882420130840010085
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Korean Journal of Medicine
2013 Volume.84 No. 1 p.85 ~ p.90
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Severe Pulmonary Hypertension Caused by Pulmonary Artery Stenosis in a Patient with Behcet’s Disease Treated by Balloon Angioplasty
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Kim Kyung-Rok
Kim Hyoung-Jun
Kim Min-Su
Bae Soo-Kyung
Kim Hyun-Soo
Hur Ki-Hwan
Kang Dong-Woo
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Abstract
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Pulmonary artery stenosis that causes pulmonary hypertension is usually observed in congenital anomalies and is seldom observed in adults. A 47-year-old female patient came to the hospital for aggravated dyspnea and peripheral edema. Severe pulmonary hypertension was found on an echocardiography examination, along with dilation of the main pulmonary artery and alias flow at the bifurcation sites of both pulmonary arteries. Under coronary angio-computed tomography, 70% high grade stenosis was observed on both sides of the proximal pulmonary arteries without showing atherosclerotic plaque or a thrombus. The patient’s symptoms improved after performing pulmonary artery angiography and angioplasty. Thus, we report our experience of a patient with Behcet’s disease and severe pulmonary hypertension caused by pulmonary artery stenosis, which was treated with percutaneous pulmonary angioplasty.
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KEYWORD
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Behcet’s disease, Pulmonary artery stenosis, Pulmonary hypertension, Pulmonary artery angioplasty
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