High-output heart failure as a cause of pulmonary hypertension

Intern Med. 1994 Jun;33(6):363-5. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.33.363.

Abstract

Two cases of high-output heart failure associated with pulmonary hypertension are presented. In a 32-year-old man with hyperthyroidism, pulmonary hypertension subsided after antithyroid therapy. Increased pulmonary blood flow and elevated left ventricular end-diastolic pressure were suspected as the causes of pulmonary hypertension. In a 51-year-old man with cardiac beriberi, the pulmonary hypertension improved after thiamine administration. We suspect that increased pulmonary blood flow, elevated left ventricular end-diastolic pressure, and probably pulmonary vasoconstriction were the causes of pulmonary hypertension. Thus, high-output heart failure should be considered as a possible cause of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular failure.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Beriberi / complications
  • Cardiac Output, High / complications*
  • Diuretics / therapeutic use
  • Echocardiography
  • Graves Disease / complications
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / etiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Thiamine / therapeutic use
  • Vasodilator Agents / therapeutic use
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / etiology

Substances

  • Diuretics
  • Vasodilator Agents
  • Thiamine