Image Article - Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine and Therapeutics (2017) Volume 1, Issue 3

Bilharzial pulmonary artery aneurysm: A clinical image.

Though very rare, schistosomiasis is considered to be one of the primary causes of pulmonary artery aneurysm. We were encountered with a 55-year-old male patient with no past medical history except for schistosomiasis. Preoperative echocardiography for non-cardiac surgery accidentally discovered asymptomatic large pulmonary artery aneurysm

Author(s): Mahmoud H. Abdelnaby1*, Abdallah Almaghraby2

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