Syncope and cardiovocal syndrome as the result of a spontaneous innominate artery dissection.
Dissection of the innominate artery is extremely rare and is associated with a high in-hospital mortality rate. We present the case of a 44-year-old man who presented with syncope and cardiovocal syndrome as the result of a spontaneous innominate artery dissection with an extension to the right common carotid.
Lampropoulos
Stelios
S
aDepartment of Cardiology, Mamatseio General Hospital, Kozani, Greece.
Theofilogiannakos
Efstratios K
EK
Gkontopoulos
Argiris
A
Kadoglou
Nikos P
NP
Mamalis
Vassilis
V
Kontaki
Theodosia
T
Kottas
George
G
D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013575:Syncope / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed