Three-dimensional-optical coherence tomography imaging of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
Three-dimensional-optical coherence tomography imaging of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
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慢性血栓栓塞性肺动脉高压的三维光学相干断层扫描成像。
DOI:
10.1093/eurheartj/eht203
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2013
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Koichiro Sugimura
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中村徹、鳥村拓司;他;Shunsuke Tatebe;Koichiro Sugimura
Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is caused by unresolved thromboemboli in the pulmonary arteries (PAs). We have previously demonstrated the usefulness of optical coherence tomography (OCT) to diagnose CTEPH. A 56-year-old Japanese woman was diagnosed as CTEPH with PA thrombus detected by computed tomography and pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension (mean PA pressure 46 mmHg, pulmonary artery wedge pressure 13 mmHg) by right heart catheterization. In this patient, we performed three-dimensional (3D)-OCT imaging in order to observe the unresolved PA thromboemboli, which clearly showed flaps and meshwork (Panel A; Supplementary Data), indicating the usefulness of 3D-OCT for the diagnosis of CTEPH.