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Development of severe pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension 7 years after heart transplant

Takano R, Ueda J, Watanabe T, Tsukamoto Y, Ogo T

JHLT open, 2025

Abstract

We present the case of a patient who developed severe pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension 7 years after heart transplantation. The transplantation was performed due to the dilated phase of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with combined post- and pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension (CpcPH), which had initially improved. This case highlights the potential underlying factors contributing to pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with CpcPH and the importance of careful long-term follow-up after heart transplantation.

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