Untreated idiopathic aneurysm of the pulmonary artery; long-term follow-up

A 57-year-old man with an idiopathic aneurysm of the left pulmonary artery is presented. The aneurysm was stable over many decades. No such long-term follow-up of an idiopathic pulmonary aneurysm has been described previously. After 39 years there is no evidence of heart failure or pulmonary hyperte...

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Published in:Respiratory medicine 2000-04, Vol.94 (4), p.404-405
Main Authors: VAN RENS, M.TH.M., WESTERMANN, C.J.J., POSTMUS, P.E., SCHRAMEL, F.M.N.H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
aneurysm
Aneurysm - diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm - therapy
Asthma - etiology
Asthma - therapy
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
pulmonary artery
Pulmonary Artery - diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Artery - pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:A 57-year-old man with an idiopathic aneurysm of the left pulmonary artery is presented. The aneurysm was stable over many decades. No such long-term follow-up of an idiopathic pulmonary aneurysm has been described previously. After 39 years there is no evidence of heart failure or pulmonary hypertension. Because corrective surgery has a variable outcome, and prognosis is suggested to be good in the idiopathic form of pulmonary aneurysm, no surgical correction was proposed.
ISSN:0954-6111
1532-3064
DOI:10.1053/rmed.1999.0750