title: Pulmonary artery aneurysm: review and case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, Washington University Medical Center, Missouri 63110, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lopez-Candales
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Kleiger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aleman-Gomez
authors.forename: N T
authors.initials: NT
authors.lastname: Kouchoukos
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Botney
mesh_terms: 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