A fatal association of COVID-19 and acute complicated Type-B aortic dissection: Interventional management in a difficult situation

We present a rare case with simultaneous COVID-19 pneumonia and acute complicated type -B aortic dissection (ACTBAD). With strained health services a major procedure endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) was performed. Despite successful EVAR, patient had sudden unexplained cardiac arrest. Procedural mo...

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Autores principales: Jariwala, Pankaj, Kamble, Rajeev, Kale, Satya Sridhar, Mishra, Krushna Chandra, Jadhav, Kartik Pandurang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cardiological Society of India. Published by Elsevier B.V. 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8164519/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihjccr.2021.05.001
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Sumario:We present a rare case with simultaneous COVID-19 pneumonia and acute complicated type -B aortic dissection (ACTBAD). With strained health services a major procedure endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) was performed. Despite successful EVAR, patient had sudden unexplained cardiac arrest. Procedural mortality is high among COVID-19 infected patients.

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