Pulmonary artery aneurysm: review and case report.
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.
Lopez-Candales
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Division of Cardiology, Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, Washington University Medical Center, Missouri 63110, USA.
Kleiger
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Aleman-Gomez
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Kouchoukos
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Botney
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D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications; D013997:Time Factors