Severe pulmonary hypertension due to chronic echinococcal pulmonary emboli treated with targeted pulmonary vascular therapy and hepatic resection. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Hydatid disease (human echinococcosis) is a zoonotic infection caused by larval forms (metacestodes) of the genus Echinococcus. Although pulmonary hypertension (PH) due to hydatid disease has been described, it is quite rare. We report a patient with chronic echinococcal embolic PH in whom treatment with novel PH therapies permitted successful resection of the hepatic cyst with a good outcome.

publication date

  • October 1, 2007

Research

keywords

  • Echinococcosis, Pulmonary
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary
  • Pulmonary Embolism

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 35448941501

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1378/chest.07-0111

PubMed ID

  • 17934121

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 132

issue

  • 4