IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports (May 2021)

A fatal association of COVID-19 and acute complicated Type-B aortic dissection: Interventional management in a difficult situation

  • Pankaj Jariwala, MD, DNB, DNB, MNAMS, FICPS, FACC, FSCAI, Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology (ICPS, Paris, France),
  • Rajeev Kamble, MD, DM,
  • Satya Sridhar Kale, MS, Mch,
  • Krushna Chandra Mishra, MD, DNB,
  • Kartik Pandurang Jadhav, MD, DM

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 2
pp. 94 – 97

Abstract

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We present a rare case with simultaneous COVID-19 pneumonia and acute complicated type -B aortic dissection (ACTBAD). With strained health services a major procedure endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) was performed. Despite successful EVAR, patient had sudden unexplained cardiac arrest. Procedural mortality is high among COVID-19 infected patients.

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