Ayerza syndrome

A·yer·za syn·drome

(ah-yār'shah), sclerosis of the pulmonary arteries in chronic cor pulmonale; associated with severe cyanosis, it is a condition resembling polycythemia vera but resulting from primary pulmonary arteriosclerosis or primary pulmonary hypertension and characterized by plexiform lesions of arterioles. Synonym(s): Ayerza disease, cardiopathia nigra, plexogenic pulmonary arteriopathy

A·yer·za syn·drome

(ah-yer'sah sin'drōm) Sclerosis of the pulmonary arteries in chronic cor pulmonale; associated with severe cyanosis, it is a condition resembling polycythemia vera but resulting from primary pulmonary arteriosclerosis or primary pulmonary hypertension and characterized by plexiform lesions of arterioles.

Ayerza,

Abel, Argentinian physician, 1861-1918. Ayerza-Arrillaga disease - Synonym(s): Ayerza syndromeAyerza disease - Synonym(s): Ayerza syndromeAyerza syndrome - sclerosis of the pulmonary arteries in chronic cor pulmonale. Synonym(s): Ayerza-Arrillaga disease; Ayerza disease; cardiopathia nigra; plexogenic pulmonary arteriopathy