UNILATERAL HIGH-ALTITUDE PULMONARY-EDEMA IN A SUBJECT WITH RIGHT PULMONARY-ARTERY HYPOPLASIA

Authors
FIORENZANO G RASTELLI V GRECO V DISTEFANO A DOTTORINI M
Citation
G. Fiorenzano et al., UNILATERAL HIGH-ALTITUDE PULMONARY-EDEMA IN A SUBJECT WITH RIGHT PULMONARY-ARTERY HYPOPLASIA, Respiration, 61(1), 1994, pp. 51-54
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Respiration → ACNP
ISSN journal
00257931
Volume
61
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
51 - 54
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-7931(1994)61:1<51:UHPIAS>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is an uncommon type of non-cardio genic, high-permeability pulmonary edema. The authors describe a case of unilateral, left-sided HAPE that occurred in a man with right pulmo nary artery hypoplasia.