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Aortic dissection with a fistulous communication into the right atrium: a case report
D Vaidiyanathan1, K Meenakshi, S Elangovan
1Department of Cardiology, Government General Hospital, Madras, India.
Angiology
|December 1, 1990
Abstract:
A case of aortic dissection (type 1, De Bakey) with a rent into the right atrium (RA), diagnosed by echocardiography (echo) and confirmed by aortography, is reported. The patient presented with cardiac failure and a continuous murmur in the right second and third intercostal spaces. The patient has survived for two years with medial treatment.