Aortic rupture in a child diagnosed by cross-sectional echocardiography.
We report the first case of a child with an aortic rupture into the pericardial cavity secondary to a dissecting aneurysm developing in the context of aortic coarctation. The combination was diagnosed by cross-sectional echocardiography.
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans