Giant Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm in Bicuspid Pulmonary Valve: Does the Right Side Mimic the Left One?

Concetta Di Nora; Rosa Pecoraro; Arturo Evangelista; Francesco Antonini-Canterin

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.106

Giant Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm in Bicuspid Pulmonary Valve: Does the Right Side Mimic the Left One?

JACC Case Rep. 2020 Sep 15;2(11):1720-1722. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.106. eCollection 2020 Sep.

Authors

Concetta Di Nora¹, Rosa Pecoraro², Arturo Evangelista³, Francesco Antonini-Canterin⁴

Affiliations

¹ Cardiothoracic Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Integrata, Udine, Italy.
² Cardiology Department. AAS 5 Friuli Occidentale, Pordenone, Italy.
³ Department of Cardiac Imaging. Hospital Val d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ Rehabilitative Cardiology, ORAS, Motta di Livenza, Italy.

Abstract

Bicuspid pulmonary valve is a rare echocardiographic finding, particularly if not associated with other congenital heart diseases. We report the incidental case of a severe giant pulmonary arterial aneurysm associated to bicuspid pulmonary valve in an asymptomatic 79-year-old patient. Multimodality cardiac imaging was important for the correct diagnosis and to exclude any other potential complication. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.).

Keywords: CT, computed tomography scan; PAA, pulmonary artery aneurysm; bicuspid pulmonary valve; congenital disease; giant aneurism; pulmonary artery.