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- Title
Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm in a Child Secondary to Infective Endarteritis.
- Authors
Kiani, Abdolrazagh; Radmehr, Hasan; Shabanian, Reza
- Abstract
A 5-year-old boy with main pulmonary artery aneurysm is described with two predisposing factors of patent ductus arteriosus and associated infective endarteritis. Transthorasic echocardiography showed definitely a saccular aneurysm originating from the main pulmonary artery at the site of a previous vegetation. Antibiotic therapy and surgical resection of the aneurysm allowed for clinical improvement.
- Subjects
PULMONARY artery diseases; ANEURYSMS; ENDARTERITIS; PATENT ductus arteriosus; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTIBIOTICS
- Publication
Pediatric Cardiology, 2008, Vol 29, Issue 2, p471
- ISSN
0172-0643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00246-007-9045-7