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
Schlagworte:	Aged Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic - diagnostic imaging Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic - pathology Constriction, Pathologic Humans Male Pulmonary Artery - pathology Radiography
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