Abstract

Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (PVOD) is a rare form of pulmonary hypertension that shares some clinical and haemodynamic features with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). However, suspicion of PVOD is crucial, considering that PAH-specific treatment may precipitate life-threatening pulmonary oedema and lung transplant should be considered from diagnosis [1, 2]. Cardiopulmonary exercise tests provide additional data for the noninvasive diagnosis of pulmonary veno-occlusive disease <https://bit.ly/3p6Dzc5>

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