Subject: progressive dyspnea
Subject: dilatation of pulmonary artery
Year: 2020
Type: Article
Title: Progressive dyspnea in patient with dilatation of main pulmonary artery and its branches
Author: Mancheva M
Author: Kostovski L
Author: Siljanovski N
Abstract: Dilatation of the pulmonary artery (PA) can cause compression of the surrounding structures. We are presenting a rare case of dilatation of the main pulmonary artery and its branches with tracheobronchial compression and consecutive atelectasis of the right upper lobe segment. A 73-year-old woman was referred to cardiac examination because of the progressive dyspnea and detected dilated pulmonary artery on chest radiography. On echocardiography was revealed a dilatation of the main pulmonary artery and its branches, which was later confirmed with computerized tomography (CT) angiography. On CT angiography was also detected tracheobronchial tree compression with a consecutive atelectasis of the right upper lobe segment. Because of the progressive dyspnea and CT angiography findings, the patient was referred to a cardiac surgeon for further treatment, but she was rejected because of the high operative risk.
Publisher: Department of Anaesthesia and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje, R.N.Macedonia
Relation: Macedonian Journal of Anaesthesia
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/24591
Identifier: 2545-4366
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/24591
