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

Authors
van Rens, MTM Westermann, CJJ Postmus, PE Schramel, FMNH
Citation
Mtm. Van Rens et al., Untreated idiopathic aneurysm of the pulmonary artery; long-term follow-up, RESP MED, 94(4), 2000, pp. 404-405
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","da verificare
Journal title
RESPIRATORY MEDICINE
ISSN journal
09546111 → ACNP
Volume
94
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
404 - 405
Database
ISI
SICI code
0954-6111(200004)94:4<404:UIAOTP>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
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 nsion. Because corrective surgery has a variable outcome, and prognosis is suggested to be good in the idiopathic form of pulmonary aneurysm, no surgi cal correction was proposed.