Literature DB >> 10978993

Transesophageal echocardiographic identification of a descending aortic aneurysm rupture into the left lung.

S R Aaluri1, A Miller, N C Nanda, O Mukhtar, K Ansingkar, W Ying, V Puri, L L Berland, D C McGiffin.   

Abstract

This case report describes a patient in whom a descending aortic aneurysm ruptured into the left lung, producing hemoptysis. With transesophageal echocardiography, we were able to define the site and extent of the aneurysm, as well as the two sites of rupture into lung tissue.

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Year:  2000        PMID: 10978993     DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2000.tb01136.x

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Echocardiography        ISSN: 0742-2822            Impact factor:   1.724


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1.  Hemoptysis as an unusual presenting symptom of invasion of a descending thoracic aortic aneurysmal dissection by lung cancer.

Authors:  Pang Tsui; Jai H Lee; Gregory MacLennan; Michelle Capdeville
Journal:  Tex Heart Inst J       Date:  2002
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