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Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension from synchronous idiopathic upper extremity deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism

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  1. Monash Haematology, Monash Health, 246 Clayton Rd, Clayton, VIC, 3168, Australia

    Hiu Lam Agnes Yuen & Sanjeev Chunilal

  2. School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

    Hiu Lam Agnes Yuen, Trevor J. Williams, David McGiffin & Sanjeev Chunilal

  3. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia

    Trevor J. Williams

  4. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia

    David McGiffin

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SC, TW and DM looked after the patient. HLAY and SC wrote the paper. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript for publication.

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This research was supported by an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship.

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Yuen, H.L.A., Williams, T.J., McGiffin, D. et al. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension from synchronous idiopathic upper extremity deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. Ann Hematol 99, 667–669 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-020-03925-7

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