Byrd B F, Panayiotou H
Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn. 37232.
Chest. 1991 Apr;99(4):1047-9. doi: 10.1378/chest.99.4.1047.
Proximal aortic dissection in a 79-year-old woman was complicated by cardiac tamponade, aortic regurgitation, and pleural leak. Following pericardiocentesis and control of her hypertension, she survived without an operation for more than four years.