Cardiac tamponade by aortic dissection in a hospital without cardiothoracic surgery.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 48-year-old male patient had arrest due to rupture of a dissecting aneurysm of the thoracic aorta into the pericardial cavity with tamponade; he received treatment in a general hospital lacking the facilities to practice heart surgery. The patient was treated by means of intermittent pericardial drainage while being transferred to another hospital at 100-km distance for surgical treatment.
Medical subject headings
- Aortic Dissection
- Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic
- Aortic Rupture
- Cardiac Tamponade
- Heart Arrest