Silent pulmonary artery dissection in a centenarian.

ABSTRACT: Pulmonary artery dissection is an extremely rare and fatal disease that is difficult to diagnose. We report a case of a 97-year-old woman with heart failure, who was diagnosed as having silent pulmonary artery dissection by chance during transthoracic echocardiography. Surgical treatment for pulmonary artery dissection was not performed, but the patient has been doing well in a sanatorium for more than 2 years, being a centenarian.

SUBMITTER: Matsumoto A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6265393 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature