title: Type A intramural hematoma presenting with acute right heart failure caused by compression of the main pulmonary artery: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Kartal Kosuyolu Heart and Research Hospital, Cardiology Department, Istanbul, Turkey. mehmetmustafacan@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Can
authors.forename: Ibrahim H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Tanboga
authors.forename: Taylan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akgun
authors.forename: Erdem
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Turkyilmaz
authors.forename: Soe M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Aung
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Zekeriya
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: Bilal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Boztosun
authors.forename: Cihangir
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kaymaz
mesh_terms: 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