1. Primary Pulmonary Hypertension : A Case Report with Discussion on Its Pathogenesis
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Isao Niki, Ochiai M, Osamu Takeoka, Yoshiaki Hishimoto, Toshiaki Kiriyama, Susumu Ichinose, Naoto Endo, and Tohru Matsuura
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Adult ,Cardiac Catheterization ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pathology ,Physiology ,Hypertension, Pulmonary ,Autopsy ,Pulmonary Artery ,Pathogenesis ,Electrocardiography ,Pregnancy ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Histological examination ,business.industry ,Angiocardiography ,medicine.disease ,Pulmonary hypertension ,Stenosis ,Etiology ,Cardiology ,Female ,Thickening ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
A case of primary pulmonary hypertension of a 30-year-old female was reported. The onset of symptoms was noticed 2 months after the second delivery. The patient died one year later thereafter. Autopsy findings did not reveal any definite gross anatomical evidence to cause pulmonary hypertension. Histological examination demonstrated concentric and eccentric thickening of the intima of pulmonary arteries and arterioles, stenosis and obliterative lesions in smaller arteries and arterioles, and hematoxylin-stained bodies in these vessels. The etiology of primary pulmonary hypertension was discussed, especially in regard to the role of the reproducing period of female.
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- 1968
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