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Cardiac compression by massive hematoma due to aneurysm rupture of the descending thoracic aorta

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Gifu Prefectural General Medical Center, 4-6-1 Noishiki, Gifu City, Gifu 500-8717, Japan

Received 2 December 2007; received in revised form 26 March 2008; accepted 2 April 2008.

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Key Words: Aneurysm rupture • Hematoma • Cardiac tamponade

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A 64-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with acute chest pain. Chest X-ray showed a huge widening of the mediastinal shadow (Fig. 1 ). Computed tomographic (CT) scan revealed . . . [Full Text of this Article]