Fatal progressive right heart failure in a pancreatic cancer patient / 영남의대학술지
Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
; : 122-127, 2020.
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ABSTRACT
Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM) is a rare but fatal complication of cancer and causes pulmonary hypertension and acute/subacute right heart failure. PTTM is most commonly associated with gastric cancer and more rarely associated with pancreatic cancer. We report a case of progressive right heart failure associated with clinically diagnosed pancreatic cancer, suggesting PTTM.
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Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
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2020
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