Pulmonary Heart Disease Symptoms Clinical manifestations are nonspecific for pulmonary heart disease. They differ in acute pulmonary heart disease from chronic pulmonary heart disease. Acute pulmonary heart disease The onset of acute pulmonary heart disease is suddenly and can occur in the sugge...
For example, a sudden, large pulmonary embolism blocking a large pulmonary artery can cause severe shortness of breath andchest pain. But a very small pulmonary embolism (blocking only a small blood vessel) may cause no noticeable symptoms. Although symptoms of pulmonary vascular disease can vary ...
Pulmonary angiogram.In this test, a thin tube is placed in an artery, usually through your groin. The tube -- called a catheter -- is threaded up into your pulmonary arteries. A special dye is injected into the tube, and X-rays are taken to show where the dye goes. This is one of...
Pulmonary edema is a common complication of atherosclerotic (coronary artery) disease. As the blood vessels that supply nutrients to the heart tissue progressively narrow, the heart muscle may not receive enough oxygen and nutrients to pump efficiently and adequately. This can limit the heart's abil...
PULMONARY artery diseasesAUTOINFLAMMATORY diseasesANEURYSMSSYMPTOMSBehet's disease is an autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent painful oral ulcers with small, medium and large diameter vessel involvement. Although the pathogenesis is not clearly understood, the hypersensi...
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare cause of acute myocardial infarction. The disease is usually seen in young-middle aged women and le... Yazc,Hüseyin - 《Journal of Clinical & Experimental Investigations》 被引量: 12发表: 2011年 Succesful treatment of spontaneous dissection...
patients with left heart valvular disease or even left heart dysfunction can develop severe PH of the same magnitude as that seen in PAH [61–63]. The elevation of PAP and PVR may be due to either the increase of pulmonary artery vasomotor tone and/or pulmonary vascular remodeling [64,65]...
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a progressive lung disease that makes it hard to breathe. Reviewed by a board-certified pulmonologist.
A pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blood clot in the lung. Symptoms and signs of PE include chest pain, anxiety, cough, sweating, shortness of breath, and fainting.
Depending on the underlying associated disease, pulmonary artery hypertension can have other manifestations. For example, characteristic skin changes seen inscleroderma, or the signs ofliver diseaseseen in portopulmonary hypertension. Signs of pulmonary hypertension may include: ...