Pulmonary artery aneurysm: is surgery always indicated?
Casselman, F.; Meyns, B.; Herygers, P.; Verougstraete, L.; Van Elst, F.; Daenen, W.
Acta Cardiologica 52(5): 431-436
1997
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-5385 PMID: 9428941 Document Number: 477259
The authors present a seventy-eight year old woman with an aneurysm of the main pulmonary artery. Although a surgical approach is generally considered life-saving by preventing rupture of the aneurysm, literature is unclear about possible rupture in the specific situation of a pulmonary artery aneurysm without a causative cardiac lesion and/or pulmonary hypertension. In fact, some reports suggest a conservative treatment for this specific entity. Therefore we did not operate on our patient and she remains stable at 18 months follow-up.