title: Left Atrium Dissection: A Rare Cardiac Surgery Complication.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX. Electronic address: ovimo@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ovidiu L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Moise
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Catalin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Loghin
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Stephanie F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Tran
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Anthony L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Estrera
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
authors.forename: T Brett
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Reece
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Washington School of Medicine, Northwest Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Donald C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Oxorn
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Anesthesia, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sheinbaum
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology
keywords: aortic arch aneurysm; ascending aortic aneurysm; cardiac surgery; circulatory arrest; complication; conservative management; dissection; left atrium; transesophageal echocardiogram