Severe pulmonary artery stenosis by a calcified pericardial ring.
We present a rare case of a 44-year-old man with acquired pulmonary stenosis caused by a calcified pericardial ring. Chest computer tomography and cardiac angiography showed external compression of the main pulmonary artery by a calcified pericardial ring. A calcified pericardial ring was removed and the pulmonary artery angioplasty was performed for the stenotic pulmonary artery. The patient's condition improved dramatically thereafter.
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Gil Medical Center, Gachon Medical School, 1198 Kuwol-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon 405-220, Republic of Korea.
Yeo-Ju
YJ
Hwang
Chul-Hyun
CH
Park
Yang-Bin
YB
Jeon
Kook-Yang
KY
Park
D000328:Adult; D017130:Angioplasty; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed