A CASE OF SPONTANEOUS INNOMINATE-ARTERY PERFORATION WITH PERICARDIAL TAMPONADE

Authors
GUTIERREZ HG ALSHAK NS KOTLEWSKI A
Citation
Hg. Gutierrez et al., A CASE OF SPONTANEOUS INNOMINATE-ARTERY PERFORATION WITH PERICARDIAL TAMPONADE, Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis, 37(3), 1996, pp. 277-280
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Catheterization and cardiovascular diagnosis → ACNP
ISSN journal
00986569
Volume
37
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
277 - 280
Database
ISI
SICI code
0098-6569(1996)37:3<277:ACOSIP>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We describe a case of a spontaneously occurring innominate artery perf oration which, rather than resulting in immediate death, developed a s ubacute course with findings suggestive of an expanding mediastinal ma ss, The cause of the spontaneous perforation appears to have been a co mbination of atherosclerosis, infection, and infiltration of the under lying structures with malignancy, This is a unique case of subacute sp ontaneous perforation of a great vessel. (C) 1996 Wiley-Liss, Inc.