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A Cause of Sudden Death: Rupture of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
Author(s) -
SAKAKIBARA YUZURU,
ENOMOTO YOSHIHARU,
MIHARA WAHEI,
GOMI SEIGO,
MITSUI TOSHIO
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1998.tb00080.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ventricular fibrillation , sudden death , hemodynamics , aneurysm , thoracic aortic aneurysm , aortic rupture , sudden cardiac death , aortic aneurysm , aorta , surgery
Sudden death occurred during antihypertcnsive therapy of a Stanford type A dissecting aortic aneurysw. Hemodynamic and electrocardiograpbic events were recorded including deterioration of ventricular fibrillation 4 minutes after rupture.