Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm Mimicking a Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Bram Ruijsink, PhD; Phuoc Duong, MD; Isra Valverde, MD, PhD; Alessandra Frigiola, MD, MD(res)

JACC: Case Reports (Apr 2020)

Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm Mimicking a Patent Ductus Arteriosus

Bram Ruijsink, PhD,
Phuoc Duong, MD,
Isra Valverde, MD, PhD,
Alessandra Frigiola, MD, MD(res)

Affiliations

Bram Ruijsink, PhD: Department of Adult and Paediatric Congenital Heart Diseases, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital and Evelina Children’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Department of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
Phuoc Duong, MD: Department of Adult and Paediatric Congenital Heart Diseases, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital and Evelina Children’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Department of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
Isra Valverde, MD, PhD: Department of Adult and Paediatric Congenital Heart Diseases, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital and Evelina Children’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Department of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom
Alessandra Frigiola, MD, MD(res): Department of Adult and Paediatric Congenital Heart Diseases, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital and Evelina Children’s Hospital, London, United Kingdom; Department of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom; Address for correspondence: Dr. Alessandra Frigiola, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospital National Health Service Foundation Trust, Cardiovascular Directorate, Lower Ground Floor, South Wing, Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 7EH, London, United Kingdom.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 4
pp. 670 – 671

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Retrograde systolic flow in the main pulmonary artery (PA) is a hallmark echocardiographic sign of patent ductus arteriosus. We describe a case of PA aneurysm mimicking patent ductus arteriosus flow. Using 4-dimensional flow cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, this echocardiographic feature is explained and altered flow dynamics in the aneurysmal PA are visualized. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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