ESSENTIAL PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: A REPORT OF CLINICAL-PHYSIOLOGIC STUDIES IN THREE PATIENTS, WITH DEATH FOLLOWING CATHETERIZATION OF THE HEART
Authors: H SCHAFER, J M BLAIN, R CEBALLOS, R J BING
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Article1 March 1956ESSENTIAL PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: A REPORT OF CLINICAL-PHYSIOLOGIC STUDIES IN THREE PATIENTS, WITH DEATH FOLLOWING CATHETERIZATION OF THE HEARTH. SCHAFER, M.D., J. M. BLAIN, M.D., R. CEBALLOS, M.D., R. J. BING, M.D., F.A.C.P.H. SCHAFER, M.D., J. M. BLAIN, M.D., R. CEBALLOS, M.D., R. J. BING, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-44-3-505 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptEssential pulmonary hypertension is a condition in which the elevation in pulmonary artery pressure results from an increase in the vascular resistance in the lung. The exact cause of the pulmonary vascular changes is not definitely established, but the possibility exists that in some instances repeated asymptomatic pulmonary embolizations can produce the vascular changes found in this disease.3, 44 Other terms for this condition are pulmonary vascular obstruction syndrome or primary pulmonary hypertension.3, 12, 15, 16, 17, 38Prior to the introduction of cardiac catheterization, primary pulmonary hypertension was considered rare. In 1931 McCallum reported one case in 12,000 autopsies...Bibliography1. AitchisonRichmond JDHG: Pulmonary hypertension associated with necrotizing pulmonary arteries, Brit. Heart J. 17: 312-318, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. AviadoLiKalowSchmidtTurnbullPeskinHessWeiss DMTHWCFGLGWMEAJ: Respiratory and circulatory reflexes from the perfused heart and pulmonary circulation of the dog, Am. J. Physiol. 165: 261-277, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. 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