Aortic dissection associated with acute myocardial infarction and stroke found at autopsy.
It is sometimes very difficult to diagnose dissecting aortic aneurysms in the early stage. We report an autopsy case in which an acute myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction simultaneously occurred and the symptoms were transiently ameliorated in a patient with an acute aortic dissection.
Kawano
Hiroaki
H
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Course of Medical and Dental Science, Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Nagasaki University.
Tomichi
Yoichi
Y
Fukae
Satoki
S
Koide
Yuji
Y
Toda
Genji
G
Yano
Katsusuke
K
D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology