Eisenmenger syndrome complicated by pulmonary artery dissection.
This report describes a 40-year-old male patient diagnosed with pulmonary artery dissection involving both the left and right branches. The patient also had Eisenmenger syndrome secondary to an uncorrected patent ductus arteriosus. Diagnosis was facilitated through the use of transthoracic echocardiography and computed tomography. Due to the lack of deﬁnite guidelines for the optimal treatment strategy of this condition together with the poor condition of the patient, medical management was elected. Not surprisingly, the patient died suddenly only 7 days after the presentation.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Province of China.
Jun
J
Meng
Yongjun
Y
Qian
Xijun
X
Xiao
D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004541:Eisenmenger Complex / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011859:Radiography