Surgical repair of pulmonary artery dissection in a patient with 10-year history of Takayasu’s arteritis

Pulmonary artery (PA) dissection is a rare but life-threatening event, predisposing to sudden cardiac death and cardiogenic shock, and generally occurs in patients with underlying pulmonary hypertension. We report a case of surgical repair of PA dissection in a patient with 10-year history of Takaya...

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Veröffentlicht in:	General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2016-12, Vol.64 (12), p.745-748
Hauptverfasser:	Sumi, Mizuki, Hashizume, Koji, Miura, Takashi, Tanigawa, Kazuyoshi, Matsukuma, Seiji, Eishi, Kiyoyuki, Ikeda, Satoshi, Maemura, Koji, Ashizawa, Naoto, Araki, Osamu
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aneurysm, Dissecting - complications Aneurysm, Dissecting - diagnosis Aneurysm, Dissecting - surgery Aneurysms Anticoagulants Aortic dissection Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Case Report Conflicts of interest Coronary vessels Female Forecasting Heart Hospitals Humans Imaging, Three-Dimensional Inflammation Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mortality Patients Pulmonary arteries Pulmonary Artery - diagnostic imaging Pulmonary Artery - surgery Pulmonary embolisms Pulmonary hypertension Surgery Surgical Oncology Takayasu Arteritis - complications Takayasu Arteritis - diagnosis Thoracic Surgery Thrombosis Tomography, X-Ray Computed Vascular Surgical Procedures - methods Vein & artery diseases Veins & arteries
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Zusammenfassung:	Pulmonary artery (PA) dissection is a rare but life-threatening event, predisposing to sudden cardiac death and cardiogenic shock, and generally occurs in patients with underlying pulmonary hypertension. We report a case of surgical repair of PA dissection in a patient with 10-year history of Takayasu’s arteritis and with no diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension.
ISSN:	1863-6705 1863-6713
DOI:	10.1007/s11748-015-0566-3