title: Atrioventricular block complicating dissecting aneurysm of the aorta.
abstract: A 67-year-old patient who presented with acute dissecting aneurysm of the aorta was complicated by progressive transient atrioventricular heart block. Post-mortem examination findings confirmed the diagnosis of dissection of the ascending aorta and revealed an interatrial haemorrhage in the area of the septal atrioventricular junction.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans