A case of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease: diagnostic dilemmas and therapeutic challenges

Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare cause of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Misdiagnosis of the disease is common since PVOD presents with clinical and radiographic features mimicking idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension or even PH due to interstitial lung disease. Vasodilators may...

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Main Authors: Evdokia Sourla, Asimina Paspala, Afroditi Boutou, Paschalina Kontou, Ioannis Stanopoulos, Georgia Pitsiou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2013-04-01
Series:Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1753465812468042