title: Chest pain in an adult with truncus arteriosus communis.
abstract: We present a case of an adult patient with truncus arteriosus communis and secondary pulmonary hypertension. He had chest pain and sudden death due to cardiac tamponade caused by intramural-limited dissection and rupture of the common trunk.
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil. anppaulo@incor.usp.br
authors.forename: Paulo Sampaio
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
authors.forename: Maria Angélica
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Binotto
authors.forename: Vera Demarchi
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Aiello
authors.forename: Alfredo José
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Mansur
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000209:etiology; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology; D014339:Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / Q000150:complications*