Pasqualetto, Maria Cristina and Sorbo, Maria Domenica and Vitiello, Maria and Ferrara, Chiara and Scevola, Moreno (2020) Pulmonary Hypertension in COVID-19 Pneumoniae: It Is Not Always as It Seems. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 7 (12). pp. 1-5. ISSN ISSN: 2284-2594
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Abstract
A patient affected by COVID-19 pneumonia may develop pulmonary hypertension (PH) and secondary right ventricular (RV) involvement, due to lung parenchymal and interstitial damage and altered pulmonary haemodynamics, even in non-advanced phases of the disease. This is a consequence of hypoxic vasoconstriction of the pulmonary circulation, the use of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) in mechanical ventilation, pulmonary endothelial injury, and local inflammatory thrombotic and/or thromboembolic processes.We report the case of a young man admitted with a diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumoniae with PH unrelated to viral infection and in whom partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (PAPVD) was eventually diagnosed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | COVID-19, pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular involvement, partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2021 14:36 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Dec 2021 14:36 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21064 |
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