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Case Reports
. 2001 Oct;94(10):523-5.
doi: 10.1177/014107680109401010.

Primary pulmonary hypertension in pregnancy

P S Wong  1 , S Constantinides, V Kanellopoulos, C R Kennedy, D Watson, M F Shiu
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Case Reports

Primary pulmonary hypertension in pregnancy

P S Wong et al. J R Soc Med. 2001 Oct.
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Figure 1
Radiograph showing bilateral proximal enlargement of pulmonary vasculature and peripheral pruning
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Figure 2
Echocardiography findings of dilated and hypertrophied right atrium and ventricle RV=right ventricle; RA=right atrium; LV=left ventricle; LA=left atrium
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