Type A intramural hematoma presenting with acute right heart failure caused by compression of the main pulmonary artery: a case report.
Pulmonary artery obstruction is a rare complication of intramural hematoma of the ascending aorta. There were few reported cases presenting with right heart failure due to compression of the pulmonary trunk by intramural hematoma of the aorta.
Can
Mehmet
M
Kartal Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Cardiology Department, Istanbul, Turkey. mehmetmustafacan@yahoo.com
Tanboga
Ibrahim H
IH
Akgun
Taylan
T
Turkyilmaz
Erdem
E
Aung
Soe M
SM
Yilmaz
Fatih
F
Kaya
Zekeriya
Z
Boztosun
Bilal
B
Kaymaz
Cihangir
C
D000208:Acute Disease; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001027:Aortography; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006406:Hematoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D016896:Treatment Outcome