Survival following localised aortic atherosclerotic plaque rupture.
Spontaneous rupture of the aorta due to ruptured atherosclerotic plaque is extremely rare. Despite the high prevalence of atherosclerosis, only four cases have been reported to have been identified and treated successfully; the remainder were diagnosed postmortem. We report a surviving case of pericardial tamponade due to highly localised aortic atherosclerotic plaque rupture.
Lister Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Stevenage, UK. svthakrar@yahoo.co.uk
Sonali Vijay
SV
Thakrar
Belinda
B
Sandler
Andrew
A
Ladwiniec
Mary
M
Lynch
D000368:Aged; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D058226:Plaque, Atherosclerotic; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous