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High-altitude pulmonary edema with pulmonary thromboembolism
S Nakagawa1, K Kubo, T Koizumi
1Department of Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
Chest
|March 1, 1993
Abstract:
High-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE) is a form of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema. The pathophysiology of HAPE remains unclear. A case of HAPE was associated with pulmonary thromboembolism of a left upper pulmonary artery. Pulmonary thromboembolism was an important factor in development of HAPE in this case.