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Aortic Dissection and Pericardial Tamponade Causing Compression of the Pulmonary Arteries in a Patient with Prior Cardiac Surgery
Author(s) -
Zakaria Sammy,
Desai Dipan,
Jeudy Jean,
Thorn Eric M.
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.1540-8191.2011.01244.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiac tamponade , aortic dissection , tamponade , surgery , dissection (medical) , pulmonary artery , cardiology , pericardium , radiology , cardiac surgery , aorta
A patient with prior aortic valve surgery presented with aortic dissection and pericardial tamponade, with subsequent compression of the pulmonary arteries. While both expanding pericardial effusions and aortic dissections have been reported to cause compression of other adjacent structures, compression of the pulmonary artery vasculature in a patient with prior cardiac surgery has never been described. In this case report, we highlight this situation, which may have occurred because of alterations in the pericardial and mediastinal spaces. (J Card Surg 2011;26:316‐318)