Left Atrium Dissection: A Rare Cardiac Surgery Complication

Ovidiu L Moise; Catalin Loghin; Stephanie F Tran; Anthony L Estrera; T Brett Reece; Donald C Oxorn; Roy Sheinbaum

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2016.11.014

Left Atrium Dissection: A Rare Cardiac Surgery Complication

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Jun;31(3):1119-1122. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2016.11.014. Epub 2016 Nov 10.

Authors

Ovidiu L Moise¹, Catalin Loghin², Stephanie F Tran³, Anthony L Estrera⁴, T Brett Reece⁵, Donald C Oxorn⁶, Roy Sheinbaum³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX. Electronic address: ovimo@yahoo.com.
² Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX.
³ Division of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX.
⁴ Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX.
⁵ Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Northwest Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, WA.

PMID: 28118955
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2016.11.014

No abstract available

Keywords: aortic arch aneurysm; ascending aortic aneurysm; cardiac surgery; circulatory arrest; complication; conservative management; dissection; left atrium; transesophageal echocardiogram.

Publication types

Case Reports
Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Aorta / diagnostic imaging
Aorta / surgery
Aortic Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm / surgery
Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Dissection / etiology
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*
Female
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*
Postoperative Complications / etiology