1.
J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord
; 3(1): 126-7, 2015 Jan.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26993715
2.
Kyobu Geka
; 60(13): 1192-5, 2007 Dec.
Article
in Japanese
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18078089
ABSTRACT
An 80-year-old man with acute type A aortic dissection, who was preoperatively observed in the intensive care unit, suddenly became unresponsive. The patient was immediately intubated, but a pulse check was delayed because the cardiac monitor seemingly showed a normal sinus rhythm. Bedside echocardiography, while continuing cardiopulmonary resuscitation, revealed massive pericardial effusion. It indicated the patient's cardiac arrest was pulseless electrical activity (PEA) due to cardiac tamponade. After pericardiocentesis, a perfusion rhythm was restored with palpable distal pulse. He successfully underwent a prosthetic graft replacement of the ascending aorta and was discharged after physical rehabilitation.