Angiographic diagnosis of aorto-right atrial fistula from acute dissecting aneurysm of the ascending aorta.
An uncommon complication of acute dissecting hematoma of the aorta is rupture into a right heart chamber. We report a case in which the dissection hematoma ruptured into the right atrium in addition to causing aortic valve incompetence. These features were diagnosed angiographically. Thereafter, successful surgical repair was performed.
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001011:Aorta; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001027:Aortography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged