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Surgical repair of a giant pulmonary artery aneurysm that caused severe left bronchial obstruction

Author(s) -

Hisao Nagato,

Noboru Nishiwaki,

Kozo Kaneda,

Nobushige Tamura

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546

H-Index - 56

eISSN - 1569-9293

pISSN - 1569-9285

DOI - 10.1093/icvts/ivaa082

Subject(s) - medicine , left pulmonary artery , aneurysm , pulmonary artery , left subclavian artery , surgery , cardiology , bronchial artery , bronchial obstruction , lung , aorta , asthma , aortic arch

A 63-year-old woman on oral steroids for systemic lupus erythematosus presented with a giant pulmonary artery aneurysm severely compressing the left main bronchus and lung. Her presenting symptom was severe respiratory distress. Surgical graft replacement of the main and branch pulmonary arteries was performed, and her respiratory function improved dramatically. Bronchial obstruction was resolved immediately after the procedure.

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