Severe Pulmonary Hypertension Caused by Pulmonary Artery Stenosis in a Patient with Behcet's Disease Treated by Balloon Angioplasty.
- Author:
Kyung Rok KIM
1
;
Hyoung Jun KIM
;
Min Su KIM
;
Soo Kyung BAE
;
Hyun Soo KIM
;
Ki Hwan HUR
;
Dong Woo KANG
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Dongkang Hospital, Ulsan, Korea. khj035@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Behcet's disease;
Pulmonary artery stenosis;
Pulmonary hypertension;
Pulmonary artery angioplasty
- MeSH:
Adult;
Angiography;
Angioplasty;
Angioplasty, Balloon;
Constriction, Pathologic;
Dyspnea;
Echocardiography;
Edema;
Female;
Humans;
Hypertension, Pulmonary;
Plaque, Atherosclerotic;
Porphyrins;
Pulmonary Artery;
Thrombosis
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2013;84(1):85-90
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pulmonary artery stenosis that causes pulmonary hypertension is usually observed in congenital anomalies and is seldom observed in adults. A 47-year-old female patient came to the hospital for aggravated dyspnea and peripheral edema. Severe pulmonary hypertension was found on an echocardiography examination, along with dilation of the main pulmonary artery and alias flow at the bifurcation sites of both pulmonary arteries. Under coronary angio-computed tomography, 70% high grade stenosis was observed on both sides of the proximal pulmonary arteries without showing atherosclerotic plaque or a thrombus. The patient's symptoms improved after performing pulmonary artery angiography and angioplasty. Thus, we report our experience of a patient with Behcet's disease and severe pulmonary hypertension caused by pulmonary artery stenosis, which was treated with percutaneous pulmonary angioplasty.
