title: Case 05/12: a 67 year-old hypertensive woman with atrial fibrillation who presented shock followed by cardiac arrest with pulseless electric activity two months after surgical repair of ascending aorta aneurysm.
authors.affiliation: Instituto do Coração, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: Fernanda Marinho
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Mangione
authors.forename: Thiago Nunes Pereira
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Leite
authors.forename: Paulo Sampaio
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000473:pathology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications