Large Patent Ductus Arteriosus in an Adult Complicated by Pulmonary Endarteritis and Embolic Lung Abscess | Zendy

Manoraj Navaratnarajah | Zendy; Kwabena Mensah | Zendy; Mahesh Balakrishnan | Zendy; Shahzad G. Raja | Zendy; Toufan Bahrami | Zendy

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Large Patent Ductus Arteriosus in an Adult Complicated by Pulmonary Endarteritis and Embolic Lung Abscess

Author(s) -

Manoraj Navaratnarajah,

Kwabena Mensah,

Mahesh Balakrishnan,

Shahzad G. Raja,

Toufan Bahrami

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

heart international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.183

H-Index - 12

eISSN - 2036-2579

pISSN - 1826-1868

DOI - 10.4081/hi.2011.e16

Subject(s) - medicine , ductus arteriosus , endarteritis , lung , lung abscess , abscess , cardiology , surgery

Patent ductus arteriosus in the adult is an extremely rare clinical phenomenon. We report the case of a 34-year old man who developed pulmonary endarteritis and subsequent embolic lung abscess secondary to a large patent ductus arteriosus. This brief report also provides an overview of the natural history, potential complications, optimal therapy, and diagnostic dilemmas associated with this persistent congenital cardiac defect in adults

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