title: Acute aortic dissection complicated by fistula from aorta to right ventricle through ventricular septum.
abstract: A case report of aortic dissection (AoD) complicated by a shunt to the right ventricle is presented. Complications, treatment options, and survival of patients with Type A and Type B AoD are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Olomouc, I.P. Pavlova 6, 775 20 Olomouc, Czech Republic. audiodan@centrum.cz
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marek
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nemec
authors.forename: Katerina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maderová
authors.forename: Miroslav
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gwozdzievicz
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Troubil
authors.forename: Patrik
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Flodr
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lukl
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054088:Ventricular Septum / Q000473:pathology*