Pulmonary artery dissection —A review of 150 cases

Pulmonary artery dissection (PAD) is considered to be a rare condition with a very high mortality. Since a comprehensive review on PAD has not yet been done, we analysed all the available reports on PAD. In this analysis and review we searched the databases; Medline, PubMed Central, Directory of Open Access Journals, Google Scholar using the search term “Pulmonary Artery Dissection” with no language restrictions. In the 150 cases of PAD reported from 1842 to June 2018, the average age at diagnosis was 44.8years with a male to female ratio of 1.1:1.

Source: Heart and Lung - March 22, 2019 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Dinesh Malcolm Gerard Fernando, Solokara Mudiyanselage Nirmani Kaushalya Thilakarathne, Chathula Ushari Wickramasinghe Source Type: research