title: Isolated supravalvular pulmonary artery ridge in a 70-year-old man.
abstract: Transthoracic echocardiography allows noninvasive assessment of the structure and function of the great vessels of the heart. We report a case of a 70-year-old man who had an isolated, mildly obstructive, supravalvular pulmonary artery ridge that was detected incidentally with transthoracic echocardiography. This report confirms the utility of transthoracic echocardiography in the detection of this condition and discusses quantification of this rare anomaly.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gilman
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Glockner
authors.forename: Donald J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hagler
authors.forename: Mark J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Callahan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology