| Literature DB >> 8619733 |
R J Downey1, J H Austin, P Pepino, M L Dickstein, S Homma, E A Rose.
Abstract
The main and right pulmonary arteries may be compressed by the false lumen of a type I aortic dissection. We report a 73-year-old women with a dissection of the aorta in whom echocardiographic examination revealed acute pulmonary arterial compression causing right ventricular failure and hemodynamic collapse.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID： 8619733 DOI： 10.1016/0003-4975(95)01191-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Thorac Surg ISSN： 0003-4975 Impact factor: 4.330