Prolapse of aortic intimal flap into the left ventricle - A rare cause of global myocardial ischemia in acute type A aortic dissection

Circulation Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 214-215

  Sato, Yoichi ^a   Satokawa, Hirono ^a   Takase, Shinya ^a   Misawa, Yukitoki ^a   Yokoyama, Hitoshi ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute type A aortic dissection; Aortic regurgitation; Circumferential dissection; Myocardial ischemia; Proximal prolapse of intimal flap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA INJURY; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY; DIASTOLE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROLAPSE; SHOCK;

EID: 31644436888     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.214     Document Type: Article

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