Right ventricular obstruction in aortic dissection: a mechanism of hemodynamic collapse.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The main and right pulmonary arteries may be compressed by the false lumen of a type I aortic dissection. We report a 73-year-old women with a dissection of the aorta in whom echocardiographic examination revealed acute pulmonary arterial compression causing right ventricular failure and hemodynamic collapse.
Medical subject headings
- Aortic Dissection
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Ventricular Outflow Obstruction