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Isolated idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm
Saket Agarwal1, Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury, Anita Saxena
1Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Cardiothoracic Sciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals
|June 25, 2002
Abstract:
Aneurysm formation of the main pulmonary artery is rare. Its natural history is not well understood and there are no clear guidelines on optimal treatment. A 20-year-old woman with a huge saccular aneurysm of the main pulmonary artery, underwent repair with a pericardial patch and concomitant reconstruction of the pulmonary valve. The patient was doing well on follow-up at 6 months; echocardiography revealed a good repair with mild to moderate pulmonary regurgitation.