Extrinsic compression of the left atrium: an unusual complication of a type B aortic dissection

Int J Cardiol. 2001 Jun;79(1):89-90. doi: 10.1016/s0167-5273(01)00408-9.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Dissection / complications*
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Dissection / surgery
  • Aortic Rupture / complications*
  • Aortic Rupture / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Rupture / surgery
  • Atrial Function, Left / physiology
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Edema / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Edema / etiology*
  • Ultrasonography
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology*