Endarterectomy for Pulmonary Embolism in a Woman With Unilateral Absence of a Pulmonary Artery

Mengya Liang; Jianping Yao; Zhiping Wang; Zhongkai Wu

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.05.002

Endarterectomy for Pulmonary Embolism in a Woman With Unilateral Absence of a Pulmonary Artery

Ann Thorac Surg. 2022 Mar;113(3):e171-e173. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.05.002. Epub 2021 May 25.

Authors

Mengya Liang¹, Jianping Yao¹, Zhiping Wang¹, Zhongkai Wu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China. Electronic address: wuzhk@mail.sysu.edu.cn.

PMID: 34048756
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.05.002

Abstract

Unilateral absence of a pulmonary artery is a very rare congenital cardiovascular malformation. In this report we present the case of a 31-year-old woman with unilateral absence of a pulmonary artery who developed chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension after multiple episodes of pulmonary embolism due to thrombophilia. Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy was performed, and the short-term outcome was satisfactory.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Chronic Disease
Endarterectomy
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary* / diagnosis
Hypertension, Pulmonary* / etiology
Hypertension, Pulmonary* / surgery
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Artery / surgery
Pulmonary Embolism* / complications
Pulmonary Embolism* / diagnosis