Left atrium and pulmonary artery compression due to aortic aneurysm causing heart failure symptoms

Abstract

Patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) are mostly asymptomatic and TAA is rarely related to heart failure (HF). We report the case of an 80-year-old female patient, with type A TAA without dissection, with right pulmonary artery and left atrium compression, who presented with HF, preserved ejection fraction and acute pulmonary edema.

Keywords: Aneurisma da aorta torácica; Edema pulmonar; Heart failure; Insuficiência cardíaca; Left atrium; Pulmonary edema; Thoracic aortic aneurysm; Átrio esquerdo.