title: Pulmonary Artery Dissection: A Fatal Complication of Pulmonary Hypertension.
abstract: Pulmonary artery dissection is extremely rare but it is a really life-threatening condition when it happens. Most patients die suddenly from major bleeding or tamponade caused by direct rupture into mediastinum or retrograde into the pericardial sac. What we are reporting is a rare case of a 46-year-old female patient whose pulmonary artery dissection involves both the pulmonary valve and right pulmonary artery. The patient had acute chest pain and severe dyspnea, and the diagnosis of pulmonary artery dissection was confirmed by ultrasonography and CT angiography. Moreover, its etiology, clinical manifestations, and management are also discussed in this article.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Shandong University, 67 Dongchang West Road, Liaocheng District, Shandong 252000, China.
authors.forename: Chuanchen
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-8467-5202
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, 2 Anzhen Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100029, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoyong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Shandong University, 67 Dongchang West Road, Liaocheng District, Shandong 252000, China.
authors.forename: Shuhua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Shandong University, 67 Dongchang West Road, Liaocheng District, Shandong 252000, China.
authors.forename: Hengchen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Shandong University, 67 Dongchang West Road, Liaocheng District, Shandong 252000, China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4315-1672
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zhang