Fatal progressive right heart failure in a pancreatic cancer patient

Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM) is a rare but fatal complication of cancer and causes pulmonary hypertension and acute/subacute right heart failure. PTTM is most commonly associated with gastric cancer and more rarely associated with pancreatic cancer. We report a case of progressi...

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Main Authors: Jeong Tae Byoun, Jae Young Cho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Yeungnam University College of Medicine 2020-04-01
Series:Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.e-yujm.org/upload/pdf/yujm-2019-00332.pdf