Treatment of Pulmonary Artery Compression Due to Fibrous Mediastinitis With Endovascular Stent Placement
We present the case of a 32-year-old woman with high-grade rightpulmonary artery stenosis secondary to fibrous mediastinitis. Thepatient was managed with balloon angioplasty and stent placement. Only15 cases of this nature have been reported in the literature, and thisis one of the first to be manag...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Chest 2001-03, Vol.119 (3), p.966-968 |
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Zusammenfassung: | We present the case of a 32-year-old woman with high-grade rightpulmonary artery stenosis secondary to fibrous mediastinitis. Thepatient was managed with balloon angioplasty and stent placement. Only15 cases of this nature have been reported in the literature, and thisis one of the first to be managed with endovascular stentplacement. |
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ISSN: | 0012-3692 1931-3543 |
DOI: | 10.1378/chest.119.3.966 |