Idiopathic pulmonary vein thrombosis: An unexpected cause of respiratory distress and acute heart failure. A case report and review of the literature

Introduction: Pulmonary vein thrombosis is a potentially fatal disease. The association between pulmonary vein thrombosis and chronic heart failure has not been described in the literature. Case report: Herein, we report a case involving a 73-year-old woman, with a medical history of ischemic conges...

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Main Authors: Jamel El Ghoul, Sami Milouchi, Soued Ferjani, Omar Abid, Abdesslam Ghourabi, Ahmed Sghaier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-09-01
Series:African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X16301628