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Presentation of Case

A 27-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital because of pulmonary hypertension with increasing right-sided heart failure.

The patient had been well and active until nine months earlier, when she first experienced mild dyspnea while riding a bicycle. The dyspnea worsened, and three months before entry medical evaluation elsewhere included radiographs of the chest that showed slight cardiac enlargement and prominent pulmonary-artery shadows. An ultrasonographic examination of the heart revealed marked dilatation of the right ventricle, with moderate tricuspid regurgitation; the estimated pulmonary arterial pressure was over 100 mm Hg. A ventilation-perfusion scan disclosed no evidence of thromboembolic disease. The . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Differential Diagnosis

Clinical Diagnosis

Dr. L. Jack Faling's Diagnoses

Pathological Discussion

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