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Ruptured Acute Type B Aortic Dissection Presenting with Bilateral Hemathoraces
Author(s) -
Chien TsuMing,
Yen HsuehWei,
Chen YingFu
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2011.01209.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aortic dissection , aortic aneurysm , aneurysm , surgery , cardiology , radiology , aorta
Hemathorax is an uncommon but well‐described complication of type B acute aortic dissection. Due to the location and anatomic relations of the descending aorta, aortic rupture of acute type B aortic dissection usually causes a left hemathorax. We now report the case of a 42‐year‐old male who presented with an acute type B aortic dissection and bilateral hemathoraces . (J Card Surg 2011;26:214‐216)