Abstract
Clinical aspects of pulmonary status of 226 patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia are considered. Vascular affection of the lungs was a rare finding. Symptoms of arteriovenous shunting in the lungs were noticed in 10 patients. Indices of external respiration underwent no significant changes in relation to restriction being somewhat reduced in relation to obstruction.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Aged
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Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnosis*
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Arteriovenous Malformations / physiopathology
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Female
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Humans
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Lung / blood supply*
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Lung / physiopathology
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
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Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities*
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Respiration / physiology
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Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / diagnosis*
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Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / physiopathology