[Hemoptysis as the first sign of ruptured thoracic aorta].

Autor: Dahm T; Zentrum für Gefässchirurgie, Cardioangiologisches Centrum Bethanien, Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland., Voigtländer T, Schrödter J, Schmermund A
Jazyk: němčina
Zdroj: Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen [Chirurg] 2011 May; Vol. 82 (5), pp. 442, 444-6.
DOI: 10.1007/s00104-010-1994-3
Abstrakt: Acute aortic rupture is associated with a high mortality. The leading symptoms are chest pain, dyspnea and hemodynamic instability as well as hemoptysis. In the current case report a patient with known coronary artery disease and prior coronary artery bypass surgery presented with hemoptysis. He was initially treated for a presumed gastroenterological disorder. The chest X-ray delineated a structure suggestive of aortic rupture and this diagnosis was confirmed by computed tomography. Emergency treatment was performed by implantation of an endovascular stent prosthesis. This procedure is currently regarded the standard treatment of rupture of the descending thoracic aorta. We conclude our case report with a discussion of epidemiology, symptoms, pathogenesis and therapy of this clinically dramatic disease.
Databáze: MEDLINE