title: Pulmonary arterial dissection in a post-partum patient with patent ductus arteriosus: Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Pulmonary arterial dissection is an uncommon but usually a deadly complication of chronic pulmonary hypertension. A 26-year-old female patient was admitted to our clinics with sudden dyspnea and chest discomfort one hour after giving birth to twins by vaginal delivery. An echocardiography was performed with a pre-diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. However, echocardiographic examination revealed a dilated main pulmonary artery and a dissection flap extending from main pulmonary artery to left pulmonary artery. In summary, in this report, we described a very rare case of pulmonary artery dissection in a pregnant patient with a previously un-diagnosed patent ductus arteriosus without an obvious rise in pulmonary artery pressure and reviewed the relevant literature.
authors.affiliation: Mehmet Yaman, Uğur Arslan, Ahmet Hakan Ateş, Aytekin Aksakal, Department of Cardiology, Samsun Education and Research Hospital, 55400 Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yaman
authors.affiliation: Mehmet Yaman, Uğur Arslan, Ahmet Hakan Ateş, Aytekin Aksakal, Department of Cardiology, Samsun Education and Research Hospital, 55400 Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Uğur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Arslan
authors.affiliation: Mehmet Yaman, Uğur Arslan, Ahmet Hakan Ateş, Aytekin Aksakal, Department of Cardiology, Samsun Education and Research Hospital, 55400 Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ahmet Hakan
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Ateş
authors.affiliation: Mehmet Yaman, Uğur Arslan, Ahmet Hakan Ateş, Aytekin Aksakal, Department of Cardiology, Samsun Education and Research Hospital, 55400 Samsun, Turkey.
authors.forename: Aytekin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aksakal
keywords: Computed tomography; Echocardiography; Patent ductus arteriosus; Pregnancy; Pulmonary dissection