Superior mediastinal obstruction with aortic dissection after aortic valve replacement. Diagnosis by computed tomography.
- 30 April 1984
- Vol. 51 (5) , 565-567
- https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.51.5.565
Abstract
In 2 patients aortic dissection occurred as a late complication of aortic valve replacement and caused superior vena caval obstruction. The dissection and superior vena caval obstruction was diagnosed by computed tomography.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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