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Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med
November 2017
University of Florida, Department of Emergency Medicine, Gainesville, Florida.
Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging
July 2016
Cardiovascular Center, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Akane-foundation Tsuchiya General Hospital, 3-30 Nakajimacho, Nakaku, Hiroshima 730-8655, Japan.
Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol
June 2013
Institut du Thorax, University Hospital of Nantes, Nantes, France.
The present observation illustrates an unusual complication occurring after stent-grafting (S-graft) for aortic isthmus rupture. A 22-year-old patient, treated by S-graft in the emergency department for traumatic aortic rupture, was readmitted 10 months later with pseudocoarctation syndrome. A membrane was found inside the stent-graft that had induced a pseudo-dissection, which caused the pseudocoarctation syndrome.
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November 2011
Lancashire Cardiac Centre, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Lancashire, UK.
Acute aortic dissection is a cardiac emergency which can present as inferior myocardial infarction. It has high morbidity and mortality requiring prompt diagnosis and treatment. Rapid advances in non-invasive imaging have facilitated the early diagnosis of this condition and in ruling out this potentially catastrophic illness.
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November 1995
Department of Cardiology, Singapore General Hospital.
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is a well-established and effective treatment modality for significant coronary artery disease. Because it enlarges the arterial lumen by plaque disruption, minor wall dissection is not infrequent. Complex dissections are, however, uncommon but may lead to acute vessel closure with its attendant major clinical morbidity and mortality.
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