Reconstruction of bilateral branch pulmonary artery stenosis caused by Takayasu's aortitis

Circ J. 2004 Aug;68(8):791-4. doi: 10.1253/circj.68.791.

Abstract

A 63 year-old female presented with dyspnea on exertion. Her chest X-ray showed cardiomegaly, and right ventricular overload and tricuspid regurgitation were detected. Her pulmonary ventilation and blood flow scintigraphy findings were suspicious of pulmonary vascular disease; the diagnosis was pulmonary hypertension and bilateral branch pulmonary artery stenosis. After the inflammation settled, the stenotic bilateral branch pulmonary artery was reconstructed with a prosthetic vessel and the pulmonary pressure normalized immediately. A resected specimen revealed that the stenotic changes were from Takayasu's disease. The patient's postoperative course was uneventful, and pulmonary ventilation and blood scintigraphy returned to an almost normal range. At follow-up 5 years and 6 months after the operation, there was no evidence of pulmonary artery disease (eg, stenosis and/or ischemia) or of any change in the central vessels of the retina, the so-called Takayasu's retinopathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*
  • Pulmonary Artery / pathology
  • Pulmonary Artery / surgery*
  • Pulmonary Heart Disease / pathology
  • Pulmonary Heart Disease / surgery
  • Takayasu Arteritis / complications
  • Takayasu Arteritis / pathology
  • Takayasu Arteritis / surgery*
  • Vascular Diseases / etiology
  • Vascular Diseases / surgery*