Ruptured pulmonary artery aneurysm: a surgical emergency

Ruptured pulmonary artery aneurysm: a surgical emergency

Idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm rupture was diagnosed in a 79-year-old man who presented with a dry cough. He was considered unlikely to tolerate extensive pulmonary artery reconstruction or lung resection; hence, he was salvaged by timely ligation of the distal pulmonary artery at the origin o...

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Veröffentlicht in:Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals 2011-12, Vol.19 (6), p.436-439
Hauptverfasser: Puri, Deepak, Kaur, Harinder Pal, Brar, Rahat, Singh, Kiran Pal, Sahoo, Manoranjan, Mahant, Tek Singh
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aged
Aneurysm, Ruptured - diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, Ruptured - surgery
Humans
Ligation
Male
Pulmonary Artery - diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Artery - surgery
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Surgical Procedures
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Zusammenfassung:Idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm rupture was diagnosed in a 79-year-old man who presented with a dry cough. He was considered unlikely to tolerate extensive pulmonary artery reconstruction or lung resection; hence, he was salvaged by timely ligation of the distal pulmonary artery at the origin of the aneurysm.
ISSN:0218-4923
1816-5370
DOI:10.1177/0218492311421443