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Giant right pulmonary artery aneurysm in a systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 June 2019

Efrén Martínez-Quintana Open the ORCID record for Efrén Martínez-Quintana [Opens in a new window] ,
Jose M. Medina-Gil  and
Jorge Marrero-Brito
Efrén Martínez-Quintana*
Affiliation:
Cardiology Service, Insular-Materno Infantil University Hospital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain Medical and Surgical Sciences Department, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Jose M. Medina-Gil
Affiliation:
Cardiology Service, Insular-Materno Infantil University Hospital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Jorge Marrero-Brito
Affiliation:
Radiology Service, Insular-Materno Infantil University Hospital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Author for correspondence: E. Martínez-Quintana, MD, PhD, Servicio de Cardiología, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario Insular Materno Infantil, Avd. Marítima del Sur s/n., 35016 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. Tel: 0034928441360; E-mail: efrencardio@gmail.com
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Abstract

Aneurysms of the pulmonary arteries and trunk are rare entities. The Waterston shunt is a palliative procedure for children with cyanotic CHD due to obstruction of the pulmonary outflow. Described complications are distortion of the pulmonary artery and pulmonary arterial hypertension. We report a patient with a giant right pulmonary artery aneurysm in relation to a Waterston shunt.

Keywords

Pulmonary artery aneurysmWaterston shuntcyanosisCHD
Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 29 , Issue 6 , June 2019 , pp. 835 - 836
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© Cambridge University Press 2019 

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