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Ann Thorac Surg 2002;73:973-975
© 2002 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case report

Three-decade follow-up in pulmonary artery ectasia: risk assessment strategy

Christof Rose, MD*a, Armin Wessel, MDa

a Clinic for Pediatric Cardiology, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Accepted for publication June 22, 2001.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Rose, Klinik für Pädiatrische Kardiologie, Universität Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Str 40, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
e-mail: crose{at}gwdg.de

We present a 29-year follow-up in a patient with ectasia of the pulmonary trunk and mild valvular stenosis. There was no progression from the first presentation at the age of 15 months until the actual age of 30 years, the z-value of the diameter of the pulmonary trunk remaining almost constant (z-value 22). This indicates that pulmonary dilatation with normal pressure may be a benign disease.






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