Vasoreactive Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Manifesting With Misleading Epileptic Seizure: Diagnostic and Treatment Pitfalls

• Main Authors: Nesrine Farhat (Author), Bjorn Cools (Author), Marc Gewillig (Author), Marie-Christine Seghaye (Author), Yacine Aggoun (Author), Maurice Beghetti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A 5-year-old girl presented with acute nocturnal episodes of loss of consciousness following abdominal pain and crying. Epilepsy was primarily diagnosed but the course of the disease was suggestive of pulmonary hypertension. An adapted invasive assessment of pulmonary pressure and pharmacological ch...