Orthopnea and pulmonary hypertension. Treat the underlying disease

Orthopnea and pulmonary hypertension. Treat the underlying disease

We report the case of a patient with longstanding dyspnea upon reclining, who presented with severe right heart failure due to chronic alveolar hypoventilation. Bilateral diaphragmatic paresis was discovered. She recovered from her right ventricular failure with non-invasive mechanical ventilatory s...

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Main Authors: M. Meysman, S. Droogmans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007117303179
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spelling doaj-664bdf3d66074df3a968b7d076be748e2020-11-25T02:47:17ZengElsevierRespiratory Medicine Case Reports2213-00712018-01-0124105107Orthopnea and pulmonary hypertension. Treat the underlying diseaseM. Meysman0S. Droogmans1Respiratory Division, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, University Hospital VUB, Brussels, Belgium; Corresponding author. Respiratory Division, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.Department of Medicine, Centrum Hart- en Vaatziekten (CHVZ), Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, University Hospital VUB, Brussels, BelgiumWe report the case of a patient with longstanding dyspnea upon reclining, who presented with severe right heart failure due to chronic alveolar hypoventilation. Bilateral diaphragmatic paresis was discovered. She recovered from her right ventricular failure with non-invasive mechanical ventilatory support. Keywords: Diaphragm dysfunction, Right heart failurehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213007117303179
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description We report the case of a patient with longstanding dyspnea upon reclining, who presented with severe right heart failure due to chronic alveolar hypoventilation. Bilateral diaphragmatic paresis was discovered. She recovered from her right ventricular failure with non-invasive mechanical ventilatory support. Keywords: Diaphragm dysfunction, Right heart failure
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