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Pulmonary artery sarcoma with mediastinal metastasis: a case report [PDF]

Frontiers in Oncology
We report a 67-year-old man presenting with a 9-month history of intermittent cough and chest pain. Dual-energy CT (DECT) demonstrated: (1) continuous filling defects extending from the main pulmonary artery through the right pulmonary artery into ...
Jin Cai, Bin Nan, Fangbin Liu, Yinghui Ge, Zhiping Guo, Zhiping Guo, Xiaojing Kan   +6 more
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Pulmonary artery pressure via endobronchial ultrasound: A feasibility and safety studyCentral MessagePerspective [PDF]

JTCVS Techniques
Objectives: Pulmonary hypertension significantly influences perioperative outcomes in thoracic surgery. Right heart catheterization, the standard method to assess pulmonary artery pressure, is invasive and time-consuming.
S. Michael Goertzen, DO, Joshua Boster, MD, Georgie Eapen, MD, Roberto Casal, MD, Horiana Grosu, MD, Mona Sarkiss, MD, Jean-Bernard Durand, MD, Zohra Ali, MSN, May Celestino, MD, David Rice, MD, Reza Mehran, MD   +10 more
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PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION [PDF]

Annals of Medicine, 2006
Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a disease of the small pulmonary arteries characterized by vascular narrowing and increased pulmonary vascular resistance, which eventually leads to right ventricular failure. Vasoconstriction, vascular proliferation, remodeling of the pulmonary vessels, and thrombosis are all contributing factors to the increased ...
Azad, Raiesdana, Joseph, Loscalzo
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Accuracy of echocardiography and chest tomography for pulmonary hypertension screening in patients awaiting lung transplantation

Einstein (São Paulo), 2021
Objective To examine the accuracy of a pulmonary hypertension screening strategy based on a combination of echocardiographic data and tomographic measurements (pulmonary artery diameter and pulmonary artery diameter to ascending aorta diameter ratio) in
Luiza Helena Degani-Costa, João Paulo de Assis, Pedro Paulo Pisaniello Gonçalves, Fernanda Gushken, Gilberto Szarf, José Eduardo Afonso Junior   +5 more
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Pulmonary artery denervation for pulmonary arterial hypertension

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021
Pulmonary arterial hypertension remains a progressive, life-limiting disease despite optimal medical therapy. Pulmonary artery denervation has arisen as a novel intervention in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension, and other forms of pulmonary hypertension, with the aim of reducing the sympathetic activity of the pulmonary circulation.
Constantine, A, Dimopoulos, K
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Case Report: Hemoptysis Caused by Pulmonary Tuberculosis Complicated With Bronchial Artery-Pulmonary Artery Fistula in Children

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2021
Bronchial artery-pulmonary artery fistula secondary to pulmonary tuberculosis is an important cause of hemoptysis in adults, but it's relatively rare in children.
Huihui Zhu, Fangfang Lv, Ming Xu, Shunhang Wen, Yangming Zheng, Hailin Zhang   +5 more
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Echogenic Mass Lesion within the Main Pulmonary Artery in a Neonate [PDF]

Neonatal Medicine, 2020
Here we present a rare case of pulmonary arterial thrombosis associated with a ductus arteriosus aneurysm that caused severe pulmonary stenosis. A 5-day-old newborn was admitted to our hospital for the evaluation of an intracardiac mass-like lesion found
Lae-Eun Jeong, Jae Yoon Na, June Huh, I-Seok Kang, Ji-Hyuk Yang, Tae-Gook Jun, Jin Young Song   +6 more
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Pulmonary atresia with a ventricular septal defect and left pulmonary artery discontinuity: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
Background Unilateral pulmonary artery discontinuity is a rare malformation that is associated with other intracardiac abnormalities. Cases accompanied by other cardiac abnormalities are often missed on prenatal echocardiography.
Hyun-Hwa Cha, Hae Min Kim, Won Joon Seong   +2 more
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Hidden pulmonary arteries in tetralogy of Fallot and pulmonary artery pressure in patients operated with a pulmonary artery

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2021
Introduction The absence of a pulmonary artery is a rare congenital anomaly that occurs isolated or with other congenital cardiac disorders, particularly tetralogy of Fallot (TOF); meanwhile, a hidden pulmonary artery might exist and originate from a ...
Mohammadreza Edraki, Bahram Ghasemzadeh, Kambiz Keshavarz, Ahmadali Amirghofran, Hamid Mohammadi, Zahra Kheirandish, Hamid Amoozgar, Elahe Nirooei, Gholamhossein Ajami, Nima Mehdizadegan, Amir Naghshzan, Farah Peiravian, Sirous Cheriki, Mohammad Javad Nobahkti   +13 more
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Pulmonary artery sarcoma [PDF]

Heart, 2003
A 38 year old man without any symptoms was referred to our hospital for examination of a heart murmur. There were signs of right ventricular overload on the ECG. Doppler echocardiographic measurements demonstrated a maximum pressure gradient of 105 mm Hg across the right ventricular outflow tract. …
N, Kotooka, N, Nagaya, R, Tanaka
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