Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension following long-term peripherally inserted central venous catheter use

Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension following long-term peripherally inserted central venous catheter use

A 36-year-old woman presented with recurrent pulmonary emboli (PE) despite oral anticoagulation. She was a type I diabetic with severe gastroparesis requiring insertion of multiple long-term peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC) over a 10-year period. Imaging at presentation demonstrated a...

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Main Authors: Abigail Masding, Stephen D. Preston, Mark Toshner, Joseph Barnett, Carl Harries, Konstantinos Dimopoulos, Aleksander Kempny, Colm McCabe, David P. Jenkins, S. John Wort, Laura C. Price
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-06-01
Series:Pulmonary Circulation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2045894019859474

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