A rare case of right pulmonary segmental artery dissection following pacemaker insertion

A pulmonary artery dissection in infant

“…To the best of our knowledge, this is one of the younger cases that has been detected at present 1–5 …”

“…To the best of our knowledge, this is one of the younger cases that has been detected at present. [1][2][3][4][5] CONFLICT OF INTEREST Drs. Yang Wen, Mei Jin, and Zhengbing Yang have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.…”

Etiological classification and manifestation of pulmonary artery dissection: A literature review and case analysis

“…4 D). Aetiologies include iatrogenic in 16 % (6 cases) [ [46] , [47] , [48] , [49] , [50] ], valvular heart disease in 14 % (5 cases) [ [51] , [52] , [53] ], trauma in 11 % (4 cases) [ 54 , 55 ], cancer in 11 % (4 cases) [ 56 , 57 ], infectious disease in 5 % (2 cases) [ 4 , 58 ], and other more rare complication of conditions, as pregnancy [ 59 ], Takayasu's arteritis [ 60 ], idiopathic pulmonary artery dilatation [ 61 ], amyloidosis, hypergammaglobulinemia of unknown cause and obesity [ 4 ], and others [ [62] , [63] , [64] , [65] , [66] ]. The diversity of the underlying aetiology suggests that triggers other than pulmonary hypertension may also lead to pulmonary artery degeneration and result in PAD.…”