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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Language: | English |
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Yeungnam University College of Medicine
2020-04-01
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Series: | Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.e-yujm.org/upload/pdf/yujm-2019-00332.pdf |