Demographic and clinical characteristics of pulmonary arterial hypertension caused by schistosomiasis are indistinguishable from other etiologies

Demographic and clinical characteristics of pulmonary arterial hypertension caused by schistosomiasis are indistinguishable from other etiologies

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a serious pulmonary circulation disease caused by several etiologies, including schistosomiasis. The present study retrospectively evaluated the clinical and hemodynamic characteristics of patients with schistosomal PAH (PAH-Sch) compa...

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Main Authors: Adriano Assis Mendes, Carlos Guilhermo Piscoya Roncal, Flávio Roberto Azevedo de Oliveira, Eugênio Soares de Albuquerque, Gustavo Henrique Belarmino Góes, Isabelle Cecília de Vasconcellos Piscoya, Dário Celestino Sobral Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Subjects:
pulmonary hypertension
schistosomiasis
cardiopulmonary disease
heart failure
right ventricle
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822020000100305&lng=en&tlng=en

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