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http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2014.22.2.95

EFFICACY OF INHALED ILOPROST IN COR PULMONALE AND SEVERE PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ASSOCIATED WITH TUBERCULOUS DESTROYED LUNG  

Park, Yae Min (Division of Cardiology, Heart Center, Gachon University Gil Medical Center)
Chung, Wook-Jin (Division of Cardiology, Heart Center, Gachon University Gil Medical Center)
Lee, Sang Pyo (Division of Pulmonology, Gachon University Gil Medical Center)
Choi, Deok Young (Gachon Cardiovascular Research Institute, Gachon University Gil Medical Center)
Baek, Han Joo (Division of Rheumatology, Gachon University Gil Medical Center)
Jung, Sung Hwan (Division of Pulmonology, Gachon University Gil Medical Center)
Choi, In Suck (Division of Cardiology, Heart Center, Gachon University Gil Medical Center)
Shin, Eak Kyun (Division of Cardiology, Heart Center, Gachon University Gil Medical Center)
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Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging / v.22, no.2, 2014 , pp. 95-97 More about this Journal
Abstract
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the causes of cor pulmonale. Cor pulmonale patients with pulmonary hypertension have a significant lower survival rate than patients without. However, there is no conclusive treatment options in cor pulmonale and pulmonary hypertension associated with COPD until now. We report a patient with cor pulmonale and pulmonary hypertension associated with severe form of COPD and tuberculous destroyed lung who achieved marked clinical, functional and echocardiographic hemodynamic improvements with inhaled iloprost for six months.
Keywords
Cor pulmonale; Pulmonary hypertension; Tuberculous destroyed lung; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Iloprost;
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