Population
4 patients with severe pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary artery dilatation.
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
6 to 14 years (disease duration prior to dissection)
Authors
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PA dilatation may flag dissection risk in PAH deaths; leaves open need for prospective confirmation before surveillance changes.
Pulmonary artery dissection should be considered in patients with severe, long-standing PAH and PA dilatation >50 mm who present with chest pain or sudden decompensation.
Florczyk et al. (2017) studied this question.
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