A Case of an Aortic Dissection After Mechanical Chest Compression by LUCAS

Karen Ho, MD; David Kopriva, MDCM; Payam Dehghani, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Oct 2020)

A Case of an Aortic Dissection After Mechanical Chest Compression by LUCAS

Karen Ho, MD,
David Kopriva, MDCM,
Payam Dehghani, MD

Affiliations

Karen Ho, MD: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine, Regina, Canada
David Kopriva, MDCM: Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Regina Qu'Appelle Health Region, Regina, Canada
Payam Dehghani, MD: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine, Regina, Canada; Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Regina General Hospital, Regina, Canada; Address for correspondence: Dr. Payam Dehghani, Department of Cardioneurosciences, 3rd Floor, Regina General Hospital, 1440 14th Avenue, Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 0W5, Canada.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 12
pp. 1984 – 1987

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A 68-year-old man presented following a cardiac arrest. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation was performed by the Lund University Cardiopulmonary Assist System (LUCAS), a mechanical chest compression device. Investigations revealed an aortic dissection, which was likely an iatrogenic injury from mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation by LUCAS. This case highlights this potential complication. (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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