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.
Firstenberg
Michael S
MS
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA. Michael.firstenberg@osumc.edu
Hasan
Ayesha
A
Abel
Erik
E
Blais
Danielle
D
Sun
Benjamin
B
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*