Open AccessThe course of COVID‐19 in a 55‐year‐old patient diagnosed with severe idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Author(s) -
Mandler Diana,
Lichtblau Mona,
Ulrich Silvia
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pulmonary circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.791
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 2045-8940
DOI - 10.1177/2045894020936659
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary hypertension , covid-19 , pulmonary artery , cardiology , blood pressure , vascular resistance , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)
We describe a 55‐year‐old woman with severe idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (mean pulmonary artery pressure 71 mmHg, pulmonary vascular resistance 30 WU at diagnosis five months ago), who was diagnosed with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection (COVID‐19) and experienced a relatively mild course with symptoms resembling a common cold. To date, information about the clinical course of COVID‐19 in pre‐existing pulmonary arterial hypertension is lacking, and it is thus unknown whether pulmonary arterial hypertension belongs to the risk factors of severe COVID‐19 disease.