Year: 2020
Type: Article
Title: Progressive Dyspnea in Patient with Dilatation of Main Pulmonary Artery and Its Branches
Author: Mancheva Mimi
Author: Kostovski Lazar
Author: Siljanovski Nikola
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, Skopje, R.N. Macedonia
Relation: Macedonian Journal of Anaesthesia
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/33245
Identifier: 2545-4366
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/33245Identifier: http://e-mja.finki.ukim.mk/download/mja-vol-4-no-4-december/Identifier: Vol.4 No 4
Identifier: 63
Identifier: 69
