AORTIC INTRAMURAL HEMATOMA PRESENTING AS ANGINA

Authors
HADDY SM MOOREJEFFRIES E STARNES VA
Citation
Sm. Haddy et al., AORTIC INTRAMURAL HEMATOMA PRESENTING AS ANGINA, Journal of clinical anesthesia, 10(7), 1998, pp. 603-605
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical anesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
09528180
Volume
10
Issue
7
Year of publication
1998
Pages
603 - 605
Database
ISI
SICI code
0952-8180(1998)10:7<603:AIHPAA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We present a case of intramural hematoma initially misdiagnosed as ang ina, and requiring myocardial revascularization. Angiography failed to lead to the proper diagnosis and the original transesophageal echocar diogram was misinterpreted as showing an intimal flap that was actuall y an echocardiographic artifact. The echocardiographic characteristics and implications of this entity are reviewed. (C) 1998 by Elsevier Sc ience Inc.