Right ventricular obstruction in aortic dissection: a mechanism of hemodynamic collapse. 1996

R J Downey, and J H Austin, and P Pepino, and M L Dickstein, and S Homma, and E A Rose
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York 10021, USA.

The main and right pulmonary arteries may be compressed by the false lumen of a type I aortic dissection. We report a 73-year-old women with a dissection of the aorta in whom echocardiographic examination revealed acute pulmonary arterial compression causing right ventricular failure and hemodynamic collapse.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011651 Pulmonary Artery The short wide vessel arising from the conus arteriosus of the right ventricle and conveying unaerated blood to the lungs. Arteries, Pulmonary,Artery, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Arteries
D005260 Female Females
D006439 Hemodynamics The movement and the forces involved in the movement of the blood through the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. Hemodynamic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000784 Aortic Dissection A tear in the inner layer of the AORTA leading to interstitial HEMORRHAGE, and splitting (dissecting) of the aortic TUNICA MEDIA layer. It typically begins with a tear in the TUNICA INTIMA layer. Aneurysm, Dissecting,Aortic Dissecting Aneurysm,Dissecting Aneurysm,Dissecting Aneurysm Aorta,Aneurysm Aorta, Dissecting,Aneurysm, Aortic Dissecting,Aorta, Dissecting Aneurysm,Aortic Dissecting Aneurysms,Aortic Dissections,Dissecting Aneurysm Aortas,Dissecting Aneurysm, Aortic,Dissecting Aneurysms,Dissection, Aortic
D001014 Aortic Aneurysm An abnormal balloon- or sac-like dilatation in the wall of AORTA. Aneurysm, Aortic,Aneurysms, Aortic,Aortic Aneurysms
D014694 Ventricular Outflow Obstruction Occlusion of the outflow tract in either the LEFT VENTRICLE or the RIGHT VENTRICLE of the heart. This may result from CONGENITAL HEART DEFECTS, predisposing heart diseases, complications of surgery, or HEART NEOPLASMS. Obstruction, Ventricular Outflow,Outflow Obstruction, Ventricular,Ventricular Outflow Obstructions
D016278 Ventricular Function, Right The hemodynamic and electrophysiological action of the right HEART VENTRICLE. Right Ventricular Function,Function, Right Ventricular,Functions, Right Ventricular,Right Ventricular Functions,Ventricular Functions, Right
D017548 Echocardiography, Transesophageal Ultrasonic recording of the size, motion, and composition of the heart and surrounding tissues using a transducer placed in the esophagus. Transesophageal Echocardiography

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