Left main artery compression by haematoma following acute aortic root dissection: identification by optical coherence tomography

Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Nov;17(11):1317. doi: 10.1093/ehjci/jew158. Epub 2016 Jul 25.

Authors

Nicolas Amabile¹, Nicolas Foin², Michael J Girard³, Matthieu Debauchez⁴, Christophe Caussin⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, 42 Boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France nicolas.amabile@imm.fr.
² National Heart Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
³ National University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
⁴ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France.
⁵ Department of Cardiology, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, 42 Boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris, France.

PMID: 27458184
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jew158

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adult
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / complications
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery
Aortic Dissection / complications
Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Dissection / surgery
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
Fatal Outcome
Female
Hematoma / diagnostic imaging*
Hematoma / surgery
Humans
Postoperative Complications / physiopathology
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction / etiology
Shock, Cardiogenic / diagnosis
Shock, Cardiogenic / etiology
Tomography, Optical Coherence / methods*