We report the case of a 35-year-old man who presented at our institution with intramural aortic hematoma shortly after inhaling cocaine and smoking crack cocaine. To such a case has not previously been reported in the English medical our knowledge, literature. Problems of diagnosis and the mechanisms of intramural hematoma and aortic dissection are discussed.

Cocaine-induced intramural hematoma of the ascending aorta / E., Neri; T. H., Toscano; M., Massetti; G., Ca Pannini; Frati, Giacomo; C., Sassi. - In: TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL. - ISSN 0730-2347. - 28:3(2001), pp. 218-219.

Cocaine-induced intramural hematoma of the ascending aorta

FRATI, GIACOMO;
2001

Abstract

We report the case of a 35-year-old man who presented at our institution with intramural aortic hematoma shortly after inhaling cocaine and smoking crack cocaine. To such a case has not previously been reported in the English medical our knowledge, literature. Problems of diagnosis and the mechanisms of intramural hematoma and aortic dissection are discussed.
2001
aorta/drug effects; aortic diseases/etiology; cocaine/adverse effects; crack cocaine/adverse effects; hematoma/diagnosis/etiology/therapy; substance-related disorders
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Cocaine-induced intramural hematoma of the ascending aorta / E., Neri; T. H., Toscano; M., Massetti; G., Ca Pannini; Frati, Giacomo; C., Sassi. - In: TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE JOURNAL. - ISSN 0730-2347. - 28:3(2001), pp. 218-219.
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