Complete left-sided absence of the pericardium in association with ruptured type A aortic dissection complicated by severe left hemothorax

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 241-243

  Nisanoglu, Vedat ^a   Erdil, Nevzat ^a   Battaloglu, Bektas ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aneurysm, dissecting; Aortic aneurysm, thoracic; Aortic rupture surgery; Cardiac tamponade; Diagnosis, differential; Hemothorax etiology; Pericardial effusion; Pericardium abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; DETERIORATION; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOVOLEMIA; MALE; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PERICARDIUM AGENESIS; PLEURA CAVITY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMOTHORAX; HUMANS; HYPOVOLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM;

EID: 20444400597     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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