Left atrium and pulmonary artery compression due to aortic aneurysm causing heart failure symptoms
Patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) are mostly asymptomatic and TAA is rarely related to heart failure (HF). We report the case of an 80-year-old female patient, with type A TAA without dissection, with right pulmonary artery and left atrium compression, who presented with HF, preserved eje...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Revista portuguesa de cardiologia 2018-06, Vol.37 (6), p.539.e1-539.e2 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) are mostly asymptomatic and TAA is rarely related to heart failure (HF). We report the case of an 80-year-old female patient, with type A TAA without dissection, with right pulmonary artery and left atrium compression, who presented with HF, preserved ejection fraction and acute pulmonary edema.
Pacientes com aneurisma da aorta torácica (AAT) são geralmente assintomáticos e o AAT é raramente associado à insuficiência cardíaca (IC). Nós relatamos o caso de uma paciente feminina, 80 anos, com um AAT tipo A sem sinais de dissecção, que apresentou compressão do átrio esquerdo e da artéria pulmonar direita e desenvolvimento de IC com fração de ejeção preservada e edema agudo de pulmão. |
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ISSN: | 0870-2551 2174-2030 2174-2049 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.repc.2017.04.008 |