Early Acute Aortic Dissection after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft
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Debbie-Ann Charles 1, Leslie Henson 2, Christopher Ruslan Hayes 3 *
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1 Medway Maritime Hospital, Windmill Road, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 5HN, UK2 Kent and Sussex Hospital, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 8AT, UK3 St Vincents University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin, D4, Ireland* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Acute aortic dissection is a rare but potentially fatal complication of CABG. Despite its low incidence it has a high mortality. Whereas intraoperative and late dissections are well described in the literature, early dissections are not. The latter may present atypically eluding diagnosis. Timely chest CT aids diagnosis.

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Article Type: Case Report

EUR J GEN MED, 2010, Volume 7, Issue 2, 223-225

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/82858

Publication date: 12 Apr 2010

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