Left pulmonary artery occlusion due to compression by aortic aneurysm

Left pulmonary artery occlusion due to compression by aortic aneurysm

A 72-year-old man with shock was transferred to our emergency room. The computed tomograms revealed a ruptured giant thoracic aortic aneurysm obstructing the left pulmonary artery. Emergency total aortic arch replacement was performed, and the postoperative course was uneventful. The postoperative a...

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Veröffentlicht in:General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2002-11, Vol.50 (11), p.481-483
Hauptverfasser: Nagamine, Susumu, Kamada, Makoto, Ohsaka, Kenji, Kakihata, Hidemitsu
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Aged
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic - diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic - pathology
Constriction, Pathologic
Humans
Male
Pulmonary Artery - pathology
Radiography
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Zusammenfassung:A 72-year-old man with shock was transferred to our emergency room. The computed tomograms revealed a ruptured giant thoracic aortic aneurysm obstructing the left pulmonary artery. Emergency total aortic arch replacement was performed, and the postoperative course was uneventful. The postoperative angiography confirmed the total occlusion in the left pulmonary artery which was due to compression by the aortic aneurysm.
ISSN:1344-4964
1863-6705
1863-2092
1863-6713
DOI:10.1007/BF02919640