Bronchial venous plexus in left ventricular dysfunction.

J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol

*D.N. Sharma Hospital, Sonipat, Haryana †Lung Care & Sleep Centre, Fortis Hiranandani Hospital, Vashi, Navi Mumbai, India ‡Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.

Published: April 2014

Chronic pulmonary venous hypertension causes dilatation and engorgement of bronchial veins because of a close communication between bronchial and pulmonary veins. We report a case of severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction with chronically elevated pulmonary venous pressure leading to characteristic bronchoscopic findings of engorgement of bronchial veins.

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