title: Profound Hypotension After Anesthetic Induction in an Elderly Man With a Large Ascending Aortic Aneurysm: The Usual Anesthetic-Induced Vasodilation or a More Uncommon Mechanism?
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
authors.forename: Justinn M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Tanem
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Plambeck
authors.affiliation: Anesthesia Service, Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI. Electronic address: pspagel@mcw.edu.
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Pagel
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
authors.forename: Brent T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Boettcher
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D014664:Vasodilation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: anterior mediastinal mass; ascending aortic aneurysm; hemodynamic instability; hypotension; pulmonary artery; type-A aortic dissection