Atherosclerotic aortic rupture: documentation by transesophageal echocardiography.
We report a case of a 77-year-old woman who had a rupture of the descending thoracic aorta as a complication of an atherosclerotic aortic plaque. Transesophageal echocardiography enabled the diagnosis of aortic rupture and was very useful in the patient's surgical management.
Vilacosta
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Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario de San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
San Román
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Aragoncillo
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D000368:Aged; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy