A giant main pulmonary artery aneurysm associated with infundibular pulmonary stenosis.
We report a case of a giant pulmonary artery aneurysm associated with infundibular pulmonary stenosis. Echocardiography disclosed markedly enlarged main pulmonary artery, but no left to right shunt flow at levels of the atrial septum, ventricular septum and the pulmonary artery. Continuous wave Doppler revealed a maximum velocity of 1.5 m/s which corresponded to the pressure gradient between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery of 9.5 mmHg. Contrast-enhanced multidetector-row computed tomography with a 16-slice scanner revealed pulmonary artery aneurysm with the maximum diameter of 67 mm on axial image.
Matsuo
Shinro
S
Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Otsu Shiga 520-2192, Japan. smatsuo@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp
Sato
Yuichi
Y
Higashida
Ryuji
R
Shiraishi
Shoichiro
S
Asai
Tohru
T
Nakae
Ichiro
I
Horie
Minoru
M
D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011666:Pulmonary Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed