Thoracic aortic aneurysms exerting high extrinsic pressure on the airway

BACKGROUND: Thoracic aortic aneurysms, although mostly asymptomatic, are life threatening owing to the risk of rupture. Moreover, the extrinsic pressure of a ruptured aneurysm may encroach the mediastinum. CASE PRESENTATION: A 74-year-old woman diagnosed with ruptured descending thoracic aortic aneu...

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Autores principales: Jung, Hanna, Do, Young Woo, Lee, Sang Yub, Lee, Youngok, Oh, Tak Hyuk, Kim, Gun Jik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6751665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31533755
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-019-0992-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6751665/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31533755
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13019-019-0992-x

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