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Circulation Jan 1960
Topics: Arteries; Cardiovascular System; Elastic Tissue; Familial Primary Pulmonary Hypertension; Humans; Hypertension; Pulmonary Artery
PubMed: 14400429
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.21.1.59 -
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Nov 2005A 1-month-old patient was brought to our institution with clinical signs of pulmonary hypertension. Cross-sectional echocardiography suggested a diagnosis of...
A 1-month-old patient was brought to our institution with clinical signs of pulmonary hypertension. Cross-sectional echocardiography suggested a diagnosis of aortopulmonary window. At the time of surgery, we found that the right pulmonary artery was arising anomalously from the left side of the ascending aorta, but was also connected to the pulmonary trunk by a fibrous cord. We reimplanted the right pulmonary artery into the pulmonary trunk, closing the resultant opening in the ascending aorta by direct suture. The postoperative course was uneventful. On follow-up, the patient is asymptomatic without medication.
Topics: Electrocardiography; Female; Humans; Infant; Pulmonary Artery; Ultrasonography
PubMed: 16242486
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.05.082 -
Journal of Cardiac Surgery 2010A 72-year-old woman with pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma was successfully treated with surgery. With heightened clinical awareness and technological advancement, more...
A 72-year-old woman with pulmonary artery intimal sarcoma was successfully treated with surgery. With heightened clinical awareness and technological advancement, more and more cases were diagnosed definitely before operation. Computed tomography of the chest showed a mass in right ventricular extending to pulmonary trunk and the left pulmonary artery. The patient underwent complete surgical resection and repair of the pulmonary artery with no evidence of recurrence during the 12-month follow-up, suggesting that early identification and aggressive surgical intervention would improve survival.
Topics: Aged; Female; Heart Ventricles; Humans; Pulmonary Artery; Pulmonary Valve; Sarcoma; Vascular Neoplasms
PubMed: 19754504
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2009.00926.x -
Revista Espanola de Cardiologia... Jan 2012
Topics: Aorta, Thoracic; Brachiocephalic Trunk; Down Syndrome; Ductus Arteriosus, Patent; Female; Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular; Humans; Infant; Pulmonary Artery; Pulmonary Wedge Pressure; Vascular Surgical Procedures
PubMed: 21783306
DOI: 10.1016/j.recesp.2011.03.023 -
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Aug 2000We report a modified technique for repair of aortopulmonary window in which a native pulmonary artery flap is created and the aortopulmonary window is completely...
We report a modified technique for repair of aortopulmonary window in which a native pulmonary artery flap is created and the aortopulmonary window is completely divided. The pulmonary artery flap is used to reconstruct the ascending aorta, and the defect in the pulmonary trunk is closed with an autologous pericardial patch. This repair avoids the use of a fabric patch with its inherent disadvantages and allows anatomical reconstruction of both the ascending aorta and the pulmonary trunk with low risk of early or late distortion of the aortic and pulmonary root structures.
Topics: Aorta; Cardiac Surgical Procedures; Heart Defects, Congenital; Humans; Infant; Male; Pulmonary Artery
PubMed: 10969707
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(00)01485-5 -
Folia Morphologica Nov 2009Quadricuspid pulmonary valve (QPV) is an uncommon congenital defect reported in the general population with a frequency of up to 0.25%. The defect usually does not cause...
Quadricuspid pulmonary valve (QPV) is an uncommon congenital defect reported in the general population with a frequency of up to 0.25%. The defect usually does not cause severe clinical complications and its presence frequently remains clinically silent. Moreover, there are several difficulties in visualization of pulmonary valve using basic diagnostic modalities such as echocardiography. Therefore, in the majority of cases, QPV is detected accidentally during cardiac procedures or post mortem. The authors present a case of QPV complicated with aneurysm of the pulmonary trunk, diagnosed with computed tomography in 70-year-old woman. Although the patient had undergone transthoracic echocardiography examinations several times in the past, only computed tomography allowed the detection of the anomalous valve. In addition, the examination confirmed aneurysm of the pulmonary trunk. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of QPV diagnosed in vivo with computed tomography.
Topics: Aged; Aneurysm; Electrocardiography; Female; Humans; Pulmonary Artery; Pulmonary Valve; Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency; Tomography, X-Ray Computed
PubMed: 19950082
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British Heart Journal Jun 1982The value of two dimensional echocardiography in identifying communications between the ascending aorta and pulmonary trunk or individual pulmonary arteries was assessed...
The value of two dimensional echocardiography in identifying communications between the ascending aorta and pulmonary trunk or individual pulmonary arteries was assessed in 24 children, all of whom had either angiocardiographic and surgical or angiocardiographic confirmation alone. Fourteen cases had truncus arteriosus, four aortopulmonary window, four anomalous origin of the left pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta, and two anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta. It was possible to identify reliably each individual abnormality with a combination of suprasternal, precordial, and subcostal cuts. Problems only arose in differentiating truncus arteriosus from pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect when the main pulmonary artery and infundibular region of the right ventricle were extremely hypoplastic.
Topics: Aorta; Arteriovenous Malformations; Diagnosis, Differential; Echocardiography; Heart Defects, Congenital; Humans; Pulmonary Artery; Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent
PubMed: 7082504
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.47.6.563 -
Circulation Jun 1963
Topics: Altitude; Aorta; Humans; Population Groups; Pulmonary Artery; Tunica Media; Veins
PubMed: 13991050
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.27.6.1101 -
Circulation Jun 1963
Topics: Altitude; Humans; Pulmonary Artery
PubMed: 13991049
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.27.6.1094 -
The American Journal of Medicine Aug 1977Clinical and morphologic observations are described in two women with primary sarcoma of the pulmonary trunk, and observations in 35 previously described patients with...
Primary sarcoma of the pulmonary trunk and/or right or left main pulmonary artery--a rare cause of obstruction to right ventricular outflow. Report on two patients and analysis of 35 previously described patients.
Clinical and morphologic observations are described in two women with primary sarcoma of the pulmonary trunk, and observations in 35 previously described patients with primary sarcoma involving a major extrapulmonary pulmonary artery are summarized. The neoplasm produces symptoms by causing obstruction to right ventricular outflow or by dislodging tumor fragments to the smaller intrapulmonary pulmonary arteries with or without pulmonary infarction. The sarcoma nearly always arises from the pulmonary trunk to which it is firmly attached. Although it grows to a large size within the lumen, it infrequently, despite its highly malignant histologic pattern, extends through the wall of the pulmonary trunk or metastasizes outside the pulmonary circulation. It may mimic a variety of more common disorders. Diagnosis can be achieved by angiography and treatment starts with total excision.
Topics: Adult; Female; Heart Ventricles; Humans; Hypertension; Middle Aged; Pulmonary Artery; Sarcoma
PubMed: 888848
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(77)90241-8