title: Right pulmonary vein and biatrial compression by a massive descending aorta aneurysm.
abstract: Compression of superior vena cava, oesophagus and bronchus is well known, but atrial compression, especially left sided, in combination with right pulmonary vein compression is very rare. We report an unusual case in a Marfan patient of extrinsic biatrial and pulmonary vein compression caused by a descending thoracic aneurysm.
authors.forename: Willem
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dewilde
authors.forename: Joris
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ector
authors.forename: Jens Uwe
authors.initials: JU
authors.lastname: Voigt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology