Aortic Rupture as a Complication of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Prashanth Venkatesh, MD; Edward J. Schenck, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jul 2020)

Aortic Rupture as a Complication of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Prashanth Venkatesh, MD,
Edward J. Schenck, MD

Affiliations

Prashanth Venkatesh, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Prashanth Venkatesh, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 11734 Wilshire Boulevard, Apt. C-416, Los Angeles, California 90025.; Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, New York, New York
Edward J. Schenck, MD: Weill Cornell Medicine, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, New York, New York

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 8
pp. 1150 – 1154

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A 78-year-old woman with an aortic pseudoaneurysm suffered cardiac arrest due to aspiration and underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), but was found to then be hypotensive with a new chest hematoma. Imaging revealed aortic rupture at the site of the pseudoaneurysm. Aortic rupture is a rare but catastrophic complication of CPR. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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