A Case of Patent Ductus Arteriosus Associated with Multiple Pulmonary Aneurysms and Infective Endocarditis
| Autor: | H. R. Holmes |
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| Rok vydání: | 1944 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Diaphragmatic breathing General Medicine medicine.disease Surgery Sharp Pain medicine.anatomical_structure Infective endocarditis Ductus arteriosus Anesthesia medicine.artery Pulmonary artery medicine Fatal disease Subacute bacterial endocarditis Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging business Ligation |
| Zdroj: | The British Journal of Radiology. 17:312-315 |
| ISSN: | 1748-880X 0007-1285 |
| DOI: | 10.1259/0007-1285-17-202-312 |
| Popis: | Patent ductus arteriosus is no longer a developmental curiosity; it is known to predispose to subacute bacterial endocarditis, and recent prominence has been given to the cure of cases of an otherwise fatal disease by ligation of the duct. It is, therefore, well to record a case in which there was subacute bacterial endocarditis, patent ductus arteriosus, and multiple aneurysms of the larger branches of the pulmonary artery: moreover, a study of the available literature has not revealed the publication of the radiological features of such a case. The patient, a male aged 26 years, complained of lassitude and breathlessness on exertion. The dyspnœa increased, so that within three months he was only free from it while resting on a chair. He began to have fortnightly attacks of sharp pain below his sternum and right nipple—the pain being worse on deep breathing and continual for three-day periods. Improvement for three weeks after admission to a military hospital was followed by an illness lasting a week whi... |
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