Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5600199 | Chest | 2017 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
A 63-year-old woman with a history of neurofibromatosis type-1 (NF-1) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) thought to be secondary to the NF-1 presented with a few weeks of worsening dyspnea on exertion. She took no medications other than sildenafil for her pulmonary hypertension (PH). She denied tobacco, alcohol, and illicit or anorectic drug use. She had previously worked as a waitress. Her mother and her brother had NF-1 but no PH or lung disease.
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Authors
Udit MD, Ioan DO, Ashley MD, Sivagini MD, Bassam MD,