Pulmonary hypertension and severe right heart failure following lumbar spinal surgery
Pulmonary hypertension is a disease process affecting the pulmonary circulation and is defined by an increase in pulmonary artery pressure subsequently causing right ventricular failure. Vascular complications, including arteriovenous fistulae, are recognised, but are uncommon complications of spina...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-05-01
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Series: | SAGE Open Medical Case Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2050313X19847805 |