Enhanced EP4 Expression in a Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm With Dissection in a Patient With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Feb;10(2):e005839. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.116.005839.
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Keywords: aneurysm; computed tomography; dissection; patent ductus arteriosus prostaglandins; pulmonary artery; pulmonary hypertension.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Dissection / etiology
  • Aortic Dissection / metabolism*
  • Aortic Dissection / surgery
  • Computed Tomography Angiography
  • Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / complications
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications*
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / diagnosis
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / drug therapy
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / physiopathology
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Artery / chemistry*
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery
  • Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP4 Subtype / analysis*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Up-Regulation

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents
  • PTGER4 protein, human
  • Receptors, Prostaglandin E, EP4 Subtype