Aortic dissection with a fistulous communication into the right atrium: a case report

Angiology. 1990 Dec;41(12):1086-9. doi: 10.1177/000331979004101211.

Abstract

A case of aortic dissection (type 1, De Bakey) with a rent into the right atrium (RA), diagnosed by echocardiography (echo) and confirmed by aortography, is reported. The patient presented with cardiac failure and a continuous murmur in the right second and third intercostal spaces. The patient has survived for two years with medial treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aortic Dissection / complications*
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Rupture / complications*
  • Aortic Rupture / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortography
  • Heart Atria* / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Rupture / complications*
  • Heart Rupture / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Ultrasonography