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HAEMOPTYSIS IN PULMONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM ASSOCIATED WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION: SURGICAL DILEMMA
Author(s) -
CHEN W.,
MOK C. K.,
NG W. L.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1982.tb06110.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary hypertension , pulmonary artery , aneurysm , cardiology , dilemma , radiology , surgery , intensive care medicine , philosophy , epistemology
A patient with pulmonary artery aneurysm associated with pulmonary hypertension is reported. Persistent and severe haemoptysis posed a diagnostic and therapeutic problem. Under such circumstance, much caution needs to be exerted before surgery Is recommended.