Table 3.

Reports of tracheobronchial compression by enlarged pulmonary artery in adults (≥ 16 years old) with PAH.

Study, year, ref	Ref	n	Age (years)	Gender	Type of PAH	PAH-specific therapy	Site of compression	Size of PA (cm)
Edwards et al 1960	[4]	2	24,N/A	M,N/A	ASD,PDA	No	left tracheal border, LB, RMB, LUB	N/A
Perloff et al 2003	[34]	1	54	M	VSD	No	RMB	N/A
Achouh et al 2008	[30]	2	34,56	2 M	Mesenterico-caval shunt, ASD	Yes	LB,2 RB	N/A
Arimura et al 2015	[70]	1	42	F	I PAH	Yes	LB	7.9

Abbreviations: ASD: atrial septal defect, IPAH: idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension, LB: left main stem bronchus, LUB: left upper lobe bronchus, N/A: not available, PA: pulmonary artery, PDA: patent ductus arteriosus, PHA: pulmonary arterial hypertension, Ref: reference, RB: right main stem bronchus, RMB: right middle bronchus, VSD: ventricular septal defect.