Citation

Albrecht CA, Pepper G, Fuentes F. Acta Cardiol. 2003; 58(2): 163-164.

Affiliation

Division of Cardiology, The University of Texas-Houston Health Sciences Center, Texas 77030, USA. albrechtcarlos@hotmail.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, Acta Cardiologica)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12715910

Abstract

We present a 64-year-old woman who was brought to the emergency department after suffering a motor vehicle accident, involving multiple soft tissue and bone trauma. Even though she was free from cardiovascular symptoms for the last three years, her past medical history of aorto-coronary bypass surgery prompted preoperative consultation. The diagnostic images showed a unique visualization of an ascending aortic traumatic pseudoaneurysm by transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiogram as well as with cardiac catheterization.

Language: en