Assessment of Cases with Syncope Due to Primary Pulmonary Hypertension

Tatlı, Ersan; Karahasanoğlu, Erhan; Mesut  Kaldır, H.; Aktaş, Zihni; Özçelik, Fatih; Özbay, Gültaç

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Ersan Tatlı ¹ , Erhan Karahasanoğlu ¹ , H. Mesut Kaldır ² , Zihni Aktaş ¹ , Fatih Özçelik ³ , Gültaç Özbay ¹

¹Trakya Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Kardiyoloji Anabilim Dalı, Edirne, Türkiye
²Trakya Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi İç Hastalıkları Anabilim Dalı
³Biochemistry Laboratory, Gümüşsuyu Military Hospital, İstanbul

Anatol J Cardiol 2002; 3(2): 231-236 PubMed ID: 12223332

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Abstract

rimary pulmonary hypertension is an uncommon disease. Its diagnosis is suspected after clinical examination however it can be made only after detailed evaluation of heart and lungs and exclusion of all etiologies for secondary pulmonary hypertension. Prognosis in general is poor but it ranges individually. In this article we aimed to examine this subject by interpreting a patient referred to our clinic for syncope and diagnosed as primary pulmonary hypertension.