Aortic dissection in a cardiac allograft recipient: a case report.
Ascending aortic dissection is rare in cardiac allograft recipients. Only two patients with dissection arising from the native aorta have been reported previously and, unfortunately, the diagnosis was made postmortem in each instance. We report the first case of successful surgical treatment of aortic dissection confined to the donor aorta in a recipient of an orthotopic cardiac allograft.
Pak
P H
PH
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md 21287, USA.
Gillinov
A M
AM
Hruban
R H
RH
Rosenthal
L S
LS
Rosengard
B R
BR
Augustine
S M
SM
Achuff
S C
SC
Laschinger
J C
JC
Kasper
E K
EK
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged