Sudden death of a middle-aged woman with congenital heart disease presented macroscopic and microscopic pulmonary artery aneurysm and dissection with thrombosis: A case report

• Main Authors: Hidenori Yoshizawa (Author), Kanako Kobayashi (Author), Mayumi Kataoka (Author), Ikuhisa Kameda (Author), Hideyuki Maeda (Author), Keita Sakurai (Author), Keiko Ohta-Ogo (Author), Kinta Hatakeyama (Author), Ken-ichi Yoshida (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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A middle-aged woman with unrepaired congenital heart disease died suddenly from asphyxia due to hemoptysis. Postmortem computed tomography, autopsy, and histological examinations revealed the presence of an aneurysm and dissection of the right main pulmonary artery with intraluminal thrombus. The ob...