THE SYNDROME OF COMPRESSION OF THE PULMONARY ARTERY BY A SYPHILITIC AORTIC ANEURYSM WITH OR WITHOUT ARTERIO-ARTERIAL COMMUNICATION
Authors: I C BRILL, R S JONES
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1946)

Case Reports1 January 1946THE SYNDROME OF COMPRESSION OF THE PULMONARY ARTERY BY A SYPHILITIC AORTIC ANEURYSM WITH OR WITHOUT ARTERIO-ARTERIAL COMMUNICATIONI. C. BRILL, M.D., F.A.C.P., R. S. JONES, M.D.I. C. BRILL, M.D., F.A.C.P., R. S. JONES, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-24-1-111 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIt is well-known that simple syphilitic aortic aneurysm imposes no appreciable strain on the heart. If heart failure supervenes it is usually found to be due either to involvement of the aortic valve or to narrowing of the coronary ostia. In both these instances the strain is predominantly on the left ventricle and is recognized clinically by left-sided enlargement with aortic configuration and electrocardiographic changes denoting left ventricular preponderance.A much rarer complication of aortic aneurysm is compression of the pulmonary artery with or without arterio-arterial communication. The cardiac strain in this instance is predominantly of the right ventricle. The...Bibliography1. GARVINSIEGEL CFML: Cor pulmonale due to obstruction of the pulmonary artery by syphilitic aortic aneurysms, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1939, cxcviii, 679-685. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. WHITECHAMBERLAINKELSON PDFLSR: Rupture of aorta into the pulmonary artery with long survival, Ann. Int. Med., 1941, xv, 589-597. Google Scholar3. PORTER WB: The syndrome of rupture of an aortic aneurysm into the pulmonary artery, Am. Heart Jr., 1942, xxiii, 468-482. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. SCHATTENBERGHARRIS HJWH: Aortic aneurysm with rupture into the pulmonary artery, Am. Heart Jr., 1943, xxv, 512-521. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. NICHOLSON RE: Syndrome of rupture of aortic aneurysm into the pulmonary artery: review of the literature with report of two cases, Ann. Int. Med., 1943, xix, 286-325. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Portland, Oregon*Received for publication February 19, 1945.From the Departments of Medicine and Pathology of the University of Oregon Medical School. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRight Heart Failure Secondary to Compression of the Right Pulmonary Artery by a Large Proximal Aortic AneurysmPulmonary Artery Obstruction Caused by Thoracic Aortic Dissection-A Case With Unique Pathological Findings-Rupture of a dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysm into the pulmonary artery: successful surgical repairDissecting aneurysm of the thoracic aorta presenting as right atrial obstruction.Unusual vascular complications of dissecting thoracic aortic aneurysmsRight Heart Failure Secondary to Compression of the Right Pulmonary Artery by a Syphilitic Aortic AneurysmCompression of pulmonary artery and bronchus by descending thoracic aortic aneurysmPulmonary artery compression by haemorrhage from the aorta simulating pulmonary embolismAcquired right ventricular outflow tract obstructionAneurysm of the ascending aorta obstructing right ventricular outflow and producing severe "pulmonary stenosis"Surgical treatment of aorticopulmonary fistula secondary to aortic arch aneurysmRupture of aortic aneurysm into left pulmonary arteryCardiovascular Syphilis: A CLINICAL STUDY OF 578 CASESAortic sinus aneurysmACQUIRED ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA BETWEEN THE AORTA AND A PULMONARY ARTERY: REPORT OF A CASE IN WHICH RUPTURE OF A SYPHILITIC AORTIC ANEURYSM WAS RESPONSIBLE*DAVID W. LEVIN, M.D., WILMER H. RANDEL JR., M.D., FRANK RATNER, M.D.THE SYNDROME OF COMPRESSION OF THE PULMONARY ARTERY BY A SYPHILITIC AORTIC ANEURYSM RESULTING IN CHRONIC COR PULMONALE, WITH REPORT OF A CASE*JULIUS R. PEARSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., E. STERLING NICHOL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Cardiovascular SyphilisSyphilitic aneurysm of the aorta with rupture into the pulmonary artery 1 January 1946Volume 24, Issue 1Page: 111-118KeywordsAneurysmsAortic valveCardiac ventriclesElectrocardiographyHeartHeart failureLeft ventriclePulmonary arteriesRight ventricle ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1946 PDF downloadLoading ...