Aneurysm of aberrant right subclavian artery (arteria lusoria) presenting as cardiac dyspnoea
| Autor: | D M Layfield, S K Ohri, S P Harden, N Nikolaidis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Spirometry Male medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Cardiovascular Abnormalities Subclavian Artery Diagnosis Differential Aneurysm Internal medicine medicine Humans Arteria lusoria Aged Heart Failure medicine.diagnostic_test Vascular disease business.industry Aberrant right subclavian artery Thrombolysis medicine.disease Airway Obstruction Dyspnea Circulatory system cardiovascular system Cardiology Radiology Transthoracic echocardiogram business Deglutition Disorders Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | Thorax. 66(5) |
| ISSN: | 1468-3296 |
| Popis: | A 75-year-old Caucasian man presented with a 3-month history of progressive dyspnoea, unrelated to position, with an exercise tolerance of 100 m. He had experienced thrombolysis following an inferior myocardial infarction 8 years previously. Initial diagnosis was cardiac dyspnoea; transthoracic echocardiogram showed moderate left ventricular dysfunction without significant progression from previous studies. Spirometry demonstrated fixed plateaued flow during forced inspiration and forced expiration. Cardiac MRI … |
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