title: Subtle-discrete aortic dissection without bulging of the aortic wall. A rare but lethal lesion.
abstract: We report a subtle-discrete aortic dissection, without bulging of the aortic wall or aneurysm or valve pathology or periaortic effusion, which resulted in a lethal cardiac tamponade to a 35-year-old male.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Paris Dimitrios
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Kalogerakos
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Emmanouil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kampitakis
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: Dionisios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pavlopoulos
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chalkiadakis
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lazopoulos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed