Familial Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Julianna Desmarais, MD, C. Gregory Elliott, MD CHEST Volume 149, Issue 4, Pages e99-e101 (April 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2015.09.017 Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Chronic thromboembolic material from patient 2. CHEST 2016 149, e99-e101DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2015.09.017) Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Patient family tree. Red represents chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) cases, grey represents suspected fatal pulmonary embolism without proven CTEPH, and blue represents DVT. Each of the thromboembolic events was provoked, and investigations for heritable thrombophilias were negative for the two patients who developed CTEPH. CHEST 2016 149, e99-e101DOI: (10.1016/j.chest.2015.09.017) Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions