Successful pulmonary endarterectomy in a patient with klinefelter syndrome
E Wierda1, H J Reesink, H Bruining
1Departments of Cardiology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, 1090 HM Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Case Reports in Pulmonology
|January 11, 2013
Abstract:
Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is a frequent genetic disorder due to one or more supernumerary X chromosomes. KS is associated with an increased risk for venous thromboembolic events like deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. This paper describes a 37-year-old male patient with KS referred to our tertiary center with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, and who was successfully treated by pulmonary endarterectomy.
