• Title of article

    Right ventricular obstruction in aortic dissection: A mechanism of hemodynamic collapse

  • Author/Authors

    Robert J. Downey، نويسنده , , John H.M. Austin، نويسنده , , Paolo Pepino، نويسنده , , Marc L. Dickstein، نويسنده , , Shunichi Homma، نويسنده , , Eric A. Rose، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1996
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    988
  • To page
    990
  • 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.
  • Journal title
    The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Serial Year
    1996
  • Journal title
    The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
  • Record number

    613302