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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-4-19
pubmed:abstractText
We describe two unique cases of pulmonary hypertension in association with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and review the 28 previously reported cases in the world literature. Our first patient has coexistent chronic active hepatitis, which has previously been associated with the development of plexogenic pulmonary hypertension; however, our second case clearly demonstrates a closer link between HIV infection and pulmonary hypertension. Unlike previously reported cases, our latter case was devoid of all other coexistent factors including intravenous drug abuse, hepatitis B antigenemia, coexisting immunologic lung parenchymal injury, and hepatitis. Additionally, this is the first case documenting the presence of asymptomatic type II cryoglobulins in an HIV-positive patient with plexogenic pulmonary hypertension.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0038-4348
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
357-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
HIV and pulmonary hypertension: a review.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Case Reports