Left atrial compression by dissecting aneurysm of the ascending aorta.
We report a case of a 39-year-old man with extensive left atrial compression by a dissecting aneurysm of the ascending aorta. Presumably this compression caused hypotension. A dissecting aneurysm of the ascending aorta, limiting left ventricular inflow by left atrial compression, has not been described in English-language medical literature before.
Walpot
Jeroen
J
Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Walcheren, Vlissingen, The Netherlands. j.walpot@zzlnd.nl
Amsel
Bram
B
Pasteuning
W Hans
WH
Olree
Marco
M
D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed