Trans-arterial Embolization in a Patient with Unilateral Absence of Pulmonary Artery: Treatment Success and the Four-year Prognosis

Overview

Journal Intern Med

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2022 Jan 13

PMID 35022349

Authors

Yoshitaka Ono

Kyoko Niimi

Yukihiro Horio

Takahisa Takihara

Genki Takahashi

Kazuki Harada

Hiroto Takiguchi

Katsuyoshi Tomomatsu

Naoki Hayama

Tsuyoshi Oguma

Takuya Aoki

Tetsuya Urano

Tatsuya Sekiguchi

Jun Koizumi

Koichiro Asano

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Abstract

Unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery (UAPA) with or without other anomalies in the heart is a rare congenital malformation. A 55-year-old Filipino woman without a remarkable medical history was admitted to our hospital for hemoptysis. Contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography revealed the absence of the left pulmonary artery. Echocardiography and right heart catheterization showed no cardiac malformations or pulmonary hypertension. We diagnosed her with isolated left-sided UAPA and performed transarterial embolization of the left inferior phrenic artery. This resolved the hemoptysis, and there was no recurrence during the four-year follow-up period.

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