BACKGROUND: Chronic @entity120 is a serious consequence of @entity1151 associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. It develops in about 0.1-3.8% among @entity1 who survive @entity1151 despite adecvate treatment. OBJECTIVE: Retrospectively evaluate incidence, clinical picture and difficulties in diagnostics and treatment of @entity1 , in which the diagnosis was confirmed. @entity1 AND METHODS: In years 1996-2007 there were 33,108 @entity1 hospitalized at 1. Internal Clinic of University hospital in Martin, 267 @entity1 (134 @entity1 ) had @entity1151 , 5 (2 @entity1 ) of them were diagnosed chronic @entity120 . RESULTS: 3 of them overcame @entity1151 and one of them had @entity1150 at the same time. These @entity1 , during @entity1151 , were administrated trombolytic treatment. Two @entity1 were hospitalized because of progressive dyspnoe, 1 @entity1 as acute @entity583 without ST segment elevation, 1 @entity1 as @entity712 and 1 @entity1 because of susceptive recommitement of @entity1151 with hemoptysis. ECG of right heart owerload were found in 4 @entity1 , in all 5 @entity1 in transthoracic echocardiographic examination a @entity120 were present, in 3 @entity1 there were CT angiography negative and all 5 @entity1 were positive in perfuse scintigraphy of lungs. This time, 2 of them are after successful operation, pulmonary endarterectomy and 1 @entity1 ( @entity1 ) died as @entity712 . Rest of the @entity1 (2) are followed up by cardiologist in stadium NYHA II. CONCLUSION: Time till making definitive diagnosis, in spite of progressive discomfort and approved @entity1151 , was relatively long (1-5 years), ECG changes was most of the time diagnosed as ischaemic ones. Negative CT angiography of lungs was another step to long term diagnostics. Exactly right and early diagnosis is conclusive, because pulmonary endarterectomy, if its well indicated, is a treatment method, which makes better quality of life and survivance, as we can see in our 2 @entity1 . On the other hand not indicated operation caused the @entity204 in our 1 @entity1 .

[Chronic XXXX in local hospital].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'woman', 'patients', 'patient', 'PATIENTS'] @entity712 :: ('MESH:D006333', 'Disease') :: ['right heart failure', 'heart failure'] @entity120 :: ('MESH:D006976', 'Disease') :: ['pulmonary hypertension', 'thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension'] @entity1151 :: ('MESH:D011655', 'Disease') :: ['pulmonary embolism', 'acute pulmonary embolism'] @entity1150 :: ('MESH:D020246', 'Disease') :: ['deep venous thrombosis'] @entity583 :: ('MESH:D009203', 'Disease') :: ['myocardial infarction'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death']
@entity120 :: (MESH:D006976,Disease) :: ['thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension']
