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.
Hwang
Yeo-Ju
YJ
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Gil Medical Center, Gachon Medical School, 1198 Kuwol-dong, Namdong-gu, Incheon 405-220, Republic of Korea.
Park
Chul-Hyun
CH
Jeon
Yang-Bin
YB
Park
Kook-Yang
KY
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