Aortic luminal thrombus and intramural hematoma after cardiopulmonary resuscitation

We describe the case of a patient with an intramural hematoma and floating thrombus after cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The 92-year old man had a cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation and witnesses immediately initiated manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Transesophageal echocardiography...

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Main Authors: Fagnoul, David, Herpain, Antoine, Vincent, Jean-Louis, De Backer, Daniel
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Medicina intensiva 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4031879/