World J Vasc Surg | Volume 1, Issue 2 | Case Report | Open Access

Cardiac Tamponade with Aortic Dissection Relieved by Pericardial Rupture after Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Tobinaga S^*, Saku K, Takaseya T, Otsuka H, Kanamoto R and Tanaka H

Department of Surgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan

^*Correspondance to: Satoru Tobinaga 

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Abstract

An 82-year-old woman with DeBakey type II acute aortic dissection who was found unconscious and revived 21 minutes after onset by cardiopulmonary resuscitation was referred to our hospital and underwent emergency ascending aortic replacement. Intra-operatively, a large amount of fluid from a bloody pericardial effusion drained into the left thoracic cavity through a pericardial rupture as a consequence of chest compression during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Keywords:

Acute aortic dissection; Cardiac tamponade; Pericardial rupture; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Citation:

Tobinaga S, Saku K, Takaseya T, Otsuka H, Kanamoto R, Tanaka H. Cardiac Tamponade with Aortic Dissection Relieved by Pericardial Rupture after Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. World J Vasc Surg. 2018; 1(2): 1012.