Successful Pulmonary Endarterectomy in a Patient with Klinefelter Syndrome
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 ou...
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| author | E. Wierda H. J. Reesink H. Bruining O. M. van Delden J. J. Kloek P. Bresser |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ac0a4c8b31d04bcc80f08b160c9254ed2025-02-03T01:02:36ZengWileyCase Reports in Pulmonology2090-68462090-68542012-01-01201210.1155/2012/104195104195Successful Pulmonary Endarterectomy in a Patient with Klinefelter SyndromeE. Wierda0H. J. Reesink1H. Bruining2O. M. van Delden3J. J. Kloek4P. Bresser5Departments of Cardiology, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis, 1090 HM Amsterdam, The NetherlandsDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, St. Antonius Ziekenhuis, 3430 EM Nieuwegein, The NetherlandsDepartment of Psychiatry, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, 3584 CG Utrecht, The NetherlandsDepartment of Radiology, Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The NetherlandsDepartment of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsDepartment of Pulmonology, Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The NetherlandsKlinefelter 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/104195 |
| spellingShingle | E. Wierda H. J. Reesink H. Bruining O. M. van Delden J. J. Kloek P. Bresser Successful Pulmonary Endarterectomy in a Patient with Klinefelter Syndrome Case Reports in Pulmonology |
| title | Successful Pulmonary Endarterectomy in a Patient with Klinefelter Syndrome |
| title_full | Successful Pulmonary Endarterectomy in a Patient with Klinefelter Syndrome |
| title_fullStr | Successful Pulmonary Endarterectomy in a Patient with Klinefelter Syndrome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Successful Pulmonary Endarterectomy in a Patient with Klinefelter Syndrome |
| title_short | Successful Pulmonary Endarterectomy in a Patient with Klinefelter Syndrome |
| title_sort | successful pulmonary endarterectomy in a patient with klinefelter syndrome |
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