Complex pseudoaneurysm of ascending aorta: Unusual cause of right heart dysfunction-implications to the anesthesiologist

Pseudoaneurysm of ascending aorta (PAA) is a rare complication occurring after cardiac surgery. Because of rarity of the condition, most standard teaching and anesthetic literature do not highlight on these postoperative aortic complications. Right heart dysfunction associated with PAA is scarcely r...

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Autores principales: Kar, Prachi, Gopinath, Ramachandran, Padmaja, Durga, Kumar, R. V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4411845/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25948912
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9185.155159
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author Kar, Prachi
Gopinath, Ramachandran
Padmaja, Durga
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description Pseudoaneurysm of ascending aorta (PAA) is a rare complication occurring after cardiac surgery. Because of rarity of the condition, most standard teaching and anesthetic literature do not highlight on these postoperative aortic complications. Right heart dysfunction associated with PAA is scarcely reported. We describe here two cases of PAA with right heart involvement and discuss the possible anesthetic challenges.
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spelling pubmed-44118452015-05-06 Complex pseudoaneurysm of ascending aorta: Unusual cause of right heart dysfunction-implications to the anesthesiologist Kar, Prachi Gopinath, Ramachandran Padmaja, Durga Kumar, R. V. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol Case Report Pseudoaneurysm of ascending aorta (PAA) is a rare complication occurring after cardiac surgery. Because of rarity of the condition, most standard teaching and anesthetic literature do not highlight on these postoperative aortic complications. Right heart dysfunction associated with PAA is scarcely reported. We describe here two cases of PAA with right heart involvement and discuss the possible anesthetic challenges. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4411845/ /pubmed/25948912 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9185.155159 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Complex pseudoaneurysm of ascending aorta: Unusual cause of right heart dysfunction-implications to the anesthesiologist
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title_full_unstemmed Complex pseudoaneurysm of ascending aorta: Unusual cause of right heart dysfunction-implications to the anesthesiologist
title_short Complex pseudoaneurysm of ascending aorta: Unusual cause of right heart dysfunction-implications to the anesthesiologist
title_sort complex pseudoaneurysm of ascending aorta: unusual cause of right heart dysfunction-implications to the anesthesiologist
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4411845/
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