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
Hauptverfasser: Jorge, Antonio José Lagoeiro, Martins, Wolney de Andrade, Moutinho, Victor M., Rezende, Juliano M., Alves, Patricia Y., Villacorta, Humberto, Silveira, Pedro F., Couto, Antonio A.
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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.
ISSN:0870-2551
2174-2030
2174-2049
DOI:10.1016/j.repc.2017.04.008