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Congenital agenesis of the right pulmonary artery
Author(s) -
Campbell Kevin R.,
Krasuski Richard,
Wang Andrew,
O'Laughlin Martin P.,
Harrison J. Kevin
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/1522-726x(200012)51:4<460::aid-ccd18>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonectomy , right pulmonary artery , pulmonary artery , percutaneous , radiology , embolization , lung , cardiac catheterization , pulmonary hypertension , left pulmonary artery , pulmonary sequestration , collateral circulation , cardiology , surgery
A 44‐year‐old woman with recurrent pulmonary infections developed severe hemoptysis. Chest radiography revealed a hypoplastic right lung. Absence of the right pulmonary artery, a very rare congenital anomaly, was demonstrated by computed tomography and cardiac catheterization. Severe pulmonary hypertension in the contralateral lung precluded right pneumonectomy but percutaneous embolization of a large systemic arterial collateral to the right lung provided palliative relief of hemoptysis. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 51:460–463, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.