Giant high-pressure pulmonary artery aneurysm in an elderly patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

The authors report the case of a 74-year-old man, with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), GOLD grade 3, stable for the past two decades, who was admitted to our center with severe right heart failure.The chest radiograph showed moderate heart enlargement mainly of the right a...

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Main Authors: Sandra A. Morais, Hugo M. Oliveira, José R. de Almeida, Eduardo Eiras, Ana Catarina Silva, Cristina Gavina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-03-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0870255116000172