Don’t stop at first glance: pulmonary artery angiosarcoma mimicking chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension

We report the case of an incomplete diagnosis of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, with relevant prognostic implications, missing the presence of a primary pulmonary artery angiosarcoma. After the late neoplasm diagnosis, the patient, treated for months with riociguat, was considered in...

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Main Authors: Michele Correale, Nicola Tarantino, Riccardo Ieva, Matteo Gravina, Grazia Casavecchia, Caterina Strazzella, Matteo Di Biase, Natale Daniele Brunetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-08-01
Series:Pulmonary Circulation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2045894018785047