title: A rare cause of pulmonary hypertension: congenital bilateral atresia of the superior pulmonary arteries and bilateral stenosis of the inferior pulmonary arteries.
abstract: Bilateral absence (atresia) of the superior pulmonary arteries, combined with bilateral stenosis of the inferior pulmonary arteries, has not to our knowledge been reported before now. We report such a case in a 48-year-old woman, together with the medical and percutaneous catheter interventions used to treat her condition.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Diskapi Yildirim Beyazit Education and Research Hospital, 06110 Ankara, Turkey.
authors: Ahmet Goktug
authors: AG
authors: Ertem
authors: Ramazan
authors: R
authors: Akdemir
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D065627:Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents