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Pulmonary Hypertension Due To High-Output Heart Failure: Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia [Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars]
Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. Ahead of Print: TKDA-13614 | DOI: 10.5543/tkda.2023.13614

Pulmonary Hypertension Due To High-Output Heart Failure: Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia

Burçak Kılıçkıran Avcı1, Ali Uğur Soysal1, Emir Cerme2, Osman Aykan Kargın3, Ali İbrahim Hatemi2, Muhlis Cem Ar4, Zeki Öngen1
1Department of Cardiology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Türkiye
2Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye
3Department of Radiology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye
4Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, İstanbul, Türkiye

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a complex disorder that should be managed with a multidisciplinary approach. Although most of the underlying causes of left heart disease can be easily diagnosed with cardiac imaging, some pathologies might necessitate careful investigation to go beyond the obvious. High-output HF due to AVMs is an unnoticeable cause for HF and PH. Patients with hepatic AVMs should always be carefully evaluated with regard to HHT since they can have multiple signs related to the other systems without any symptoms.In this case report, we discussed a patient who was initially diagnosed as PH associated with heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) but eventually was found to have PH associated with high-output HF due to hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT, or Osler Weber Rendu syndrome) after detailed evaluation.

Keywords: Pulmonary hypertension, high-output heart failure, bevacizumab, osler weber rendu, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

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Corresponding Author: Burçak Kılıçkıran Avcı, Türkiye
Manuscript Language: English


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