Profound Hypotension After Anesthetic Induction in an Elderly Man With a Large Ascending Aortic Aneurysm: The Usual Anesthetic-Induced Vasodilation or a More Uncommon Mechanism?

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2017 Oct;31(5):1916-1918. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2016.11.035. Epub 2016 Nov 24.

Authors

Justinn M Tanem¹, Christopher J Plambeck¹, Paul S Pagel², Brent T Boettcher¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
² Anesthesia Service, Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI. Electronic address: pspagel@mcw.edu.

PMID: 28188099
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2016.11.035

No abstract available

Keywords: anterior mediastinal mass; ascending aortic aneurysm; hemodynamic instability; hypotension; pulmonary artery; type-A aortic dissection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Anesthesia, General / adverse effects*
Aorta / diagnostic imaging
Aorta / surgery
Aortic Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Aneurysm / surgery
Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging*
Aortic Dissection / surgery
Humans
Hypotension / diagnostic imaging*
Hypotension / etiology
Intraoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*
Intraoperative Complications / etiology
Male
Vasodilation / drug effects
Vasodilation / physiology*