Bronchial stenting and high-frequency percussive ventilation treatment of descending aortic aneurysm-induced atelectasis of the left lung |
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Authors: | Heringlake Matthias Schumacher Jan Sedemund-Adib Beate Bahlmann Ludger Eleftheriadis Sawas Sievers Hans-Hinrich Dalhoff Klaus Schmucker Peter |
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Affiliation: | Klinik für Anaesthesiologie, Medizinische Universit?t zu Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, D-23538 Lübeck, Germany. heringlake@t-online.de |
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Abstract: | IMPLICATIONS: This case report shows that atelectasis of the left lung-induced by extrinsic compression of the left main bronchus by an aortic aneurysm and persisting despite aggressive conservative treatment-may be effectively treated by bronchial stenting and high-frequency percussive ventilation. |
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