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- Title
Left main artery compression by haematoma following acute aortic root dissection: identification by optical coherence tomography.
- Authors
Amabile, Nicolas; Foin, Nicolas; Girard, Michael J.; Debauchez, Matthieu; Caussin, Christophe
- Abstract
The article describes the case of a 42-year-old woman suffering from left main artery compression caused by haematoma, where the patient died out of infectious complications 28 days after undergoing a heart surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention.
- Subjects
CORONARY heart disease surgery; CARDIOTONIC agents; EVEROLIMUS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD flow measurement; CARDIOGENIC shock; CORONARY disease; DEATH; AORTIC dissection; EXTRACORPOREAL membrane oxygenation; CARDIAC surgery; HEMATOMA; HEMODYNAMICS; INFECTION; MYOCARDIAL infarction; SURGICAL stents; SURGICAL complications; TRANSESOPHAGEAL echocardiography; OPTICAL coherence tomography; ACUTE diseases; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging, 2016, Vol 17, p1317
- ISSN
2047-2404
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1093/ehjci/jew158