A case of pulmonary artery dissection

Authors :: Wenting Wang
Yanli Guo
Wei Chen
Kang Yang
Haiyun Huang
Source :: European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. 12:E32-E32
Publication Year :: 2011
Publisher :: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2011.
Abstract: The patient was a 35-year-old man, who was admitted to the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery because of recurrent fatigue and shortness of breath after exertion with lower limb oedema for 1 month. Physical examination indicated heart enlargement towards the left and grade 3–4/6 successive coarse murmur (mainly during diastole) heard …