Open AccessPulmonary artery aneurysm: Review and case report
Author(s) -
LopezCandales Angel,
Kleiger Robert E.,
AlemanGomez Jose,
Kouchoukos Nicholas T.,
Botney Mitchell D.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960181211
Subject(s) - medicine , aneurysm , pulmonary artery , cardiology , radiology
Aneurysms involving the main pulmonary artery and its branches are rare. Clinical experience is limited and current knowledge is mainly derived from autopsy findings. This case report describes a patient with a pulmonary artery aneurysm associated with a previous, partially corrected stenotic pulmonary valve. The patient presented with symptoms suggestive of aneurysm dissection three decades after commissurotomy. The diagnostic approach and therapeutic intervention are emphasized with a review of the literature.