Matsumoto Asumi, Kawasaki Tatsuya, Takeoka Mayumi, Yamano Michiyo, Sakai Chieko, Harimoto Kuniyasu, Miki Shigeyuki, Kamitani Tadaaki
Department of Cardiology, Matsushita Memorial Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
Department of Clinical Physiology, Matsushita Memorial Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
J Cardiol Cases. 2011 Dec 6;5(1):e36-e38. doi: 10.1016/j.jccase.2011.10.005. eCollection 2012 Feb.
Pulmonary artery dissection is an extremely rare and fatal disease that is difficult to diagnose. We report a case of a 97-year-old woman with heart failure, who was diagnosed as having silent pulmonary artery dissection by chance during transthoracic echocardiography. Surgical treatment for pulmonary artery dissection was not performed, but the patient has been doing well in a sanatorium for more than 2 years, being a centenarian.
肺动脉夹层是一种极其罕见且致命的疾病,难以诊断。我们报告一例97岁心力衰竭女性患者,其在经胸超声心动图检查时偶然被诊断为无症状性肺动脉夹层。未对该肺动脉夹层患者进行手术治疗,但患者在疗养院状况良好已超过2年,有望成为百岁老人。