Severe Pulmonary Hypertension Associated with Hypothyroidism and Mixed Aortic Valve Disease: A Case Report

Overview

Journal SAGE Open Med Case Rep

Publisher Sage Publications

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2024 Mar 13

PMID 38476569

Authors

Thierno Hamidou Diallo

Frederick Nana Yeboah

Raynatou Djafarou Boubacar

Raid Faraj

Keltoum Boui-Issoui

Ely Sidi Sidi Mhamed

Hanaa El Ghiati

Ibrahima Dokal Diallo

Najat Mouine

Aatif Benyass

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Abstract

Pulmonary hypertension is a condition characterised by elevated pulmonary arterial pressures secondary to various aetiologies; the most common ones are left heart diseases. Similarly, an association between thyroid diseases and pulmonary hypertension has been reported in some cases, but the pathophysiological relationship has not been fully elucidated. Etiological investigation is an important step in the management of pulmonary hypertension and determines the appropriate treatment. In this report, we present a case of severe pulmonary hypertension in a 57-year-old woman, in which mixed aortic valve disease and hypothyroidism were involved.

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