Idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm treated with surgical correction and concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting.
Idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm is a rare clinical entity, and therefore the natural course and clinical management are not well established. We present the case of an elderly woman with a symptomatic idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm who underwent surgical repair along with simultaneous coronary artery bypass grafting. With long-term follow-up presented in this report, we describe the safety and durability of surgical repair.
Arnaoutakis
George
G
Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. gja10@jhmi.edu
Nwakanma
Lois
L
Conte
John
J
D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*