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Mycotic aneurysm of the pulmonary trunk in a patient with valvar pulmonic stenosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Fuad Abbag  and
Omar Galal
Fuad Abbag
Affiliation:
From the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Riyadh
Omar Galal*
Affiliation:
From the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Riyadh
*
Dr. M. O. Galal, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, P.O. Box 3354, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia. Tel. (966-1) 442-7470; Fax. (966-1) 442-7482.
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Summary

A seven-year-old patient with severe valvar pulmonary stenosis developed a mycotic aneurysm of the pulmonary trunk, which was followed closely with echocardiography. The aneurysm increased rapidly in size over a period of three weeks and required surgical removal.

Keywords

Valvar pulmonary stenosismycotic aneurysm of the pulmonary trunkpulmonary trunk
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , July 1995 , pp. 286 - 288
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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