Aortic rupture in a heart transplant patient following recent blunt aortic trauma.
We report a case of a patient who developed an aortic dissection with rupture. This presumably was a delayed injury following blunt thoracic trauma and highlights that concerns for aortic pathology even in this patient population.
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA. Michael.firstenberg@osumc.edu
Michael S
MS
Firstenberg
Ayesha
A
Hasan
Erik
E
Abel
Danielle
D
Blais
Benjamin
B
Sun
D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013898:Thoracic Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*