Cardiac tamponade – presentation of type A aortic dissection

Acute aortic dissection usually presents with severe chest and/or back pain but may have a varied presentation ranging from syncope, stroke, and heart failure to shock or tamponade. We present classic chest computed tomography images of a case of type A aortic dissection presenting with cardiac tamp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Opeyemi Fadahunsi, Michael Romeo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center 2014-11-01
Series:Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
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Online Access:http://www.jchimp.net/index.php/jchimp/article/download/25449/pdf_1