Left atrium and pulmonary artery compression due to aortic aneurysm causing heart failure symptoms
Patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) are mostly asymptomatic and TAA is rarely related to heart failure (HF). We report the case of an 80-year-old female patient, with type A TAA without dissection, with right pulmonary artery and left atrium compression, who presented with HF, preserved eje...
Main Authors: | Antonio José Lagoeiro Jorge, Wolney de Andrade Martins, Victor M. Moutinho, Juliano M. Rezende, Patricia Y. Alves, Humberto Villacorta, Pedro F. Silveira, Antonio A. Couto |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-06-01
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Series: | Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition) |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204918302071 |
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