Complete obstruction of right proximal pulmonary artery: a case report

Angiology. 1993 Jan;44(1):78-80. doi: 10.1177/000331979304400113.

Abstract

A fifty-five-year-old woman had worried about dyspnea for three years. A chest x-ray appeared normal except for hypovascularity of the upper lung field. On angiograms, a wedge-shaped obstruction was observed at the left proximal pulmonary artery, and well-developed collateral circulation from the right thoracic artery to the internal costal arteries was observed. On the exercise test, exertional dyspnea developed with tachycardia and a decreased saturation of arterial oxygen.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases* / complications
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases* / diagnostic imaging
  • Collateral Circulation
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Artery* / diagnostic imaging
  • Radiography