Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis: A Rare Complication of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Approximately 3% of all diagnosed cases of ascites are of cardiac etiology. Although more commonly associated with heart failure, pulmonary arterial hypertension is a known but rare cause of cardiac ascites, which has not been associated with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. We present a case of a...

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Published in:	Biomedicines
Main Authors:	Taylor Beckmann, Nicholas Pavlatos, Dinesh K. Kalra
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2024-06-01
Subjects:	pulmonary hypertension right-sided catheterization pulmonary circulation right ventricle echocardiography
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/12/7/1389