Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg
November 2012
We report 2 cases of congenital pericardial defect with ruptured acute type A aortic dissection. Case 1: An 83-year old man presented with sudden chest and back pain, and computed tomography (CT) showed acute aortic dissection with left pleural massive effusion. Because of his unstable haemodynamic condition with low blood pressure, an emergency operation was performed.
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