A fatal association of COVID-19 and acute complicated Type-B aortic dissection: Interventional management in a difficult situation

oleh: Pankaj Jariwala, MD, DNB, DNB, MNAMS, FICPS, FACC, FSCAI, Fellowship in Interventional Cardiology (ICPS, Paris, France), Rajeev Kamble, MD, DM, Satya Sridhar Kale, MS, Mch, Krushna Chandra Mishra, MD, DNB, Kartik Pandurang Jadhav, MD, DM

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Elsevier 2021-05-01

Deskripsi

We present a rare case with simultaneous COVID-19 pneumonia and acute complicated type -B aortic dissection (ACTBAD). With strained health services a major procedure endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) was performed. Despite successful EVAR, patient had sudden unexplained cardiac arrest. Procedural mortality is high among COVID-19 infected patients.