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Aortic dissection - aortopulmonary sheath hematoma
Contributed by Ramya Yannam
Post CT, the patient was commenced on a labetalol infusion and was rushed to emergency theater.
Intraoperative findings: acute type A dissection, severe aortic regurgitation, true lumen severely compressed by false lumen with cardiogenic shock secondary to cardiac tamponade. The initial repair was performed with the native valve resuspended in…
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