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  • Title: Pulmonary artery aneurysm: is surgery always indicated?
    Author: Casselman F, Meyns B, Herygers P, Verougstraete L, Van Elst F, Daenen W.
    Journal: Acta Cardiol; 1997; 52(5):431-6. PubMed ID: 9428941.
    Abstract:
    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.
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