title: Left atrial compression by dissecting aneurysm of the ascending aorta.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ziekenhuis Walcheren, Vlissingen, The Netherlands. j.walpot@zzlnd.nl
authors.forename: Jeroen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Walpot
authors.forename: Bram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Amsel
authors.forename: W Hans
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Pasteuning
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olree
mesh_terms: 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