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. 2018 Nov;35(11):1878-1881.
doi: 10.1111/echo.14138. Epub 2018 Sep 29.

Pulmonary artery aneurysm secondary to patent arterial duct and infection: A case report and review

Li Zhang  1   2 , Yuman Li  1   2 , Qing Lv  1   2 , Li Yuan  1   2
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Pulmonary artery aneurysm secondary to patent arterial duct and infection: A case report and review

Li Zhang et al. Echocardiography. 2018 Nov.

Abstract

Pulmonary artery aneurysms (PAAs) are very rare condition. In this paper, we report a case of a twenty-year-old female patient with the aneurysm of the pulmonary trunk secondary to the patent arterial duct (PDA) and infection. Diagnosis of PAA was confirmed by echocardiography. The pulmonary artery computed tomographic angiography also revealed the aneurysm and drawn a similar conclusion as echo did. The patient underwent surgery of ligation of PDA and PAA aneurysmectomy repairing with pericardium graft.

Keywords: echocardiography; infection; patent arterial duct; pulmonary artery aneurysm.

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