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Orthopnea due to an aneurysm of the thoracic aorta
K Spiropoulos1, T Petsas, D Lymberopoulos
1Department of Internal Medicine, Regional University Hospital of Patras, Greece.
Respiration; International Review of Thoracic Diseases
|January 1, 1995
Abstract:
Aneurysms of the thoracoic aorta may on rare occasions lead to shortness of breath by external compression of the tracheobronchial tree. We report the case of a patient who presented with orthopnea due to extensive compression of the trachea and the major airways by a large aneurysm of the ascending aorta.