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- Title
Pericardial Effusion Masquerading as an Aortic Dissection.
- Authors
Shah, Moneal B; Biederman, Robert W. W.
- Abstract
A 24-year-old woman with a history of recurrent syncope underwent an echocardiogram that was suspicious for an ascending aortic dissection. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was performed which showed no evidence of aortic dissection. However, it did demonstrate a pericardial effusion that extended to the aortic arch. This case shows how pericardial effusions can simulate the appearance of an aortic dissection because of its extension to the aortic arch. (Echocardiography 2011;28:E16-E18) A 24-year-old woman with a history of recurrent syncope underwent an echocardiogram that was suspicious for an ascending aortic dissection. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was performed which showed no evidence of aortic dissection. However, it did demonstrate a pericardial effusion that extended to the aortic arch. This case shows how pericardial effusions can simulate the appearance of an aortic dissection because of its extension to the aortic arch.
- Subjects
CARDIAC tamponade; AORTIC dissection; SYMPTOMS; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
Echocardiography, 2011, Vol 28, Issue 1, pE16
- ISSN
0742-2822
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-8175.2010.01252.x