Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Lambert, Lukas
• Grus, Tomas
• Spunda, Rudolf
• Balik, Martin
• Trca, Stanislav

Titel

Air Embolism into Superior Mesenteric Artery Following Replacement of Ascending Aorta for Aortic Dissection - A Rare and Fatal Case

Ist Teil von

• Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 2018-10, Vol.102 (1), p.68

Ort / Verlag

England: Ubiquity Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We report an unusual case of fatal air embolism into the superior mesenteric artery in a patient, who underwent replacement of the ascending aorta for aortic dissection type A. CT performed twice on the first postoperative day showed abundant air in the superior mesenteric artery and its branches (but not in the portal-venous system) indicating air embolism with no signs of bowel necrosis. On the second postoperative day, the patient underwent extensive bowel resection due to bowel ischemia and died on the third postoperative day on MODS/SIRS.