Quesada D, Morsky LA, Jones A, Capote AL. Pulmonary Artery Dissection Post-blunt Thoracoabdominal Trauma.
Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med 2020;
4:466-467. [PMID:
32926715 PMCID:
PMC7434233 DOI:
10.5811/cpcem.2019.12.44649]
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Abstract
Background
Pulmonary artery dissection is a rare condition that is usually diagnosed in patients exhibiting chronic pulmonary arterial hypertension, congenital heart abnormalities or secondary to iatrogenic injury. Diagnosis is often made at autopsy as many patients experience sudden death when the pulmonary artery dissection progresses rapidly and ruptures into the pericardium, resulting in acute cardiac tamponade.
Case Presentation
We report a case of pulmonary artery dissection, which resulted from blunt thoracic trauma diagnosed in the emergency department.
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