Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage due to Acute Mitral Valve Regurgitation

Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) can be caused by several etiologies including vasculitis, drug exposure, anticoagulants, infections, mitral valve stenosis, and regurgitation. Chronic mitral valve regurgitation (MR) has been well documented as an etiological factor for DAH, but there have been only...

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Main Authors: Creticus P. Marak, Parijat S. Joy, Pragya Gupta, Yana Bukovskaya, Achuta K. Guddati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/179587