CLINICAL CASE: CHRONIC THROMBOEMBOLIC PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN A CHILD

Abstract

The article deals with a rare clinical case of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension in children. This case demonstrates the difficulty of identifying of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension and masking it under the community-acquired pneumonia. In the diagnosis of the leading methods were echocardiography of the heart and radiopaque tomography of the chest. Etiology of the disease has been established. The use of anticoagulants in the treatment led to positive dynamics: to re radiopaque tomography of the chest imaging of blood clots is not more than 1 mm, decrease in pulmonary artery pressure.

Keywords

• thromboembolism
• pulmonary hypertension
• children