Aortic Rupture as a Complication of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

A 78-year-old woman with an aortic pseudoaneurysm suffered cardiac arrest due to aspiration and underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), but was found to then be hypotensive with a new chest hematoma. Imaging revealed aortic rupture at the site of the pseudoaneurysm. Aortic rupture is a rare b...

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Autores principales: Venkatesh, Prashanth, Schenck, Edward J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Mini-Focus Issue: Aortopathies
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8311698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.050
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description A 78-year-old woman with an aortic pseudoaneurysm suffered cardiac arrest due to aspiration and underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), but was found to then be hypotensive with a new chest hematoma. Imaging revealed aortic rupture at the site of the pseudoaneurysm. Aortic rupture is a rare but catastrophic complication of CPR. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)
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spelling pubmed-83116982021-07-26 Aortic Rupture as a Complication of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Venkatesh, Prashanth Schenck, Edward J. JACC Case Rep Mini-Focus Issue: Aortopathies A 78-year-old woman with an aortic pseudoaneurysm suffered cardiac arrest due to aspiration and underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), but was found to then be hypotensive with a new chest hematoma. Imaging revealed aortic rupture at the site of the pseudoaneurysm. Aortic rupture is a rare but catastrophic complication of CPR. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.) Elsevier 2020-07-15 /pmc/articles/PMC8311698/ /pubmed/34317437 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.05.050 Text en © 2020 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Aortic Rupture as a Complication of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
title Aortic Rupture as a Complication of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
title_full Aortic Rupture as a Complication of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
title_fullStr Aortic Rupture as a Complication of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
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title_short Aortic Rupture as a Complication of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
title_sort aortic rupture as a complication of cardiopulmonary resuscitation
topic Mini-Focus Issue: Aortopathies
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8311698/
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