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Thorax 63:938 doi:10.1136/thx.2007.085324
  • Images in Thorax

Iatrogenic pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm: images from different modalities

  1. A S McQueen1,
  2. L Mitchell1,
  3. M Muller1,
  4. G MacGowan2,
  5. P Corris3
  1. 1
    Department of Radiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
  2. 2
    Department of Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
  3. 3
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
  1. Dr L Mitchell, Department of Radiology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK; leslie.mitchell{at}nuth.nhs.uk
  • Accepted 27 August 2007

A 68-year-old woman was referred for investigation of pulmonary artery hypertension. Right heart catheterisation was performed and the tip of the catheter was positioned in the right middle lobe pulmonary artery under fluoroscopic guidance. A Swan–Ganz balloon was inflated to record a pressure of 78/23 …

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