A left pulmonary artery aneurysm secondary to pulmonary hypertension.
We report a case of pulmonary trunk aneurysm extending into the left pulmonary artery, due to pulmonary hypertension secondary to mitral valve disease. The mitral valve was replaced with a bileaflet mechanical prosthesis. A Dacron graft interposed between main trunk and left pulmonary artery branch, and right pulmonary branch attached to the graft in an end-to-side fashion. Early postoperative angiogram revealed a very successful treatment.
Sonmez
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kadir Has University, Medical Faculty, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul 80320, Turkey. bingur@comnet.com.tr
Tansal
S
S
Unal
M
M
Korkut
A
A
Yagan
N
N
Demirsoy
E
E
Arbatli
H
H
Aytekin
V
V
D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery