Metastatic Cancer Complications Can Cause Acute PAH, Sudden Death According to Case Study
Acute pulmonary arterial hypertension can result from metastatic cancer complications. Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy (PTTM), which is one of these complications, occurs in 1.4% of patients who die of cancer, and death is due to right heart strain and cardiorespiratory arrest. Unfortunately, PTTM is difficult to diagnose in patients, as…