Idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm treated with surgical correction and concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting.

Ann Thorac Surg

Division of Cardiac Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.

Published: July 2009

Idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm is a rare clinical entity, and therefore the natural course and clinical management are not well established. We present the case of an elderly woman with a symptomatic idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm who underwent surgical repair along with simultaneous coronary artery bypass grafting. With long-term follow-up presented in this report, we describe the safety and durability of surgical repair.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.11.037DOI Listing

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