Acute Coronary Syndrome Secondary to Aortocaval Fistula

This paper reports the case of an 88-year-old male with a history of chronic abdominal aortic aneurysm admitted to the emergency department with resting chest pain consistent with angina. Beta-blockade therapy triggered a cardiogenic shock, which motivated an urgent computed tomography scan and echo...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Cruz-Utrilla, MD, Eduardo Pozo, MD, PhD, Gina LaRocca, MD, Marcos Ferrández-Escarabajal, MD, David Filgueiras-Rama, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919300191
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spelling doaj-07a4b665b34e4faab6035f495fd9391f2021-06-07T06:53:57ZengElsevierJACC: Case Reports2666-08492019-06-01116769Acute Coronary Syndrome Secondary to Aortocaval FistulaAlejandro Cruz-Utrilla, MD0Eduardo Pozo, MD, PhD1Gina LaRocca, MD2Marcos Ferrández-Escarabajal, MD3David Filgueiras-Rama, MD, PhD4Department of Cardiology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain; Address for correspondence: Dr. Alejandro Cruz-Utrilla, Department of Cardiology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Calle Profesor Martín Lagos, S/N, 28040, Madrid, Spain.Department of Cardiology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, SpainCardiovascular Institute and Marie-Josee and Henry R. Kravis Center for Cardiovascular Health, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New YorkDepartment of Cardiology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, SpainDepartment of Cardiology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, SpainThis paper reports the case of an 88-year-old male with a history of chronic abdominal aortic aneurysm admitted to the emergency department with resting chest pain consistent with angina. Beta-blockade therapy triggered a cardiogenic shock, which motivated an urgent computed tomography scan and echocardiogram that confirmed high-output-related heart failure secondary to aortocaval fistula. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919300191abdominal aortic aneurysmaortocaval fistulaelectrocardiography
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author Alejandro Cruz-Utrilla, MD
Eduardo Pozo, MD, PhD
Gina LaRocca, MD
Marcos Ferrández-Escarabajal, MD
David Filgueiras-Rama, MD, PhD
spellingShingle Alejandro Cruz-Utrilla, MD
Eduardo Pozo, MD, PhD
Gina LaRocca, MD
Marcos Ferrández-Escarabajal, MD
David Filgueiras-Rama, MD, PhD
Acute Coronary Syndrome Secondary to Aortocaval Fistula
JACC: Case Reports
abdominal aortic aneurysm
aortocaval fistula
electrocardiography
author_facet Alejandro Cruz-Utrilla, MD
Eduardo Pozo, MD, PhD
Gina LaRocca, MD
Marcos Ferrández-Escarabajal, MD
David Filgueiras-Rama, MD, PhD
author_sort Alejandro Cruz-Utrilla, MD
title Acute Coronary Syndrome Secondary to Aortocaval Fistula
title_short Acute Coronary Syndrome Secondary to Aortocaval Fistula
title_full Acute Coronary Syndrome Secondary to Aortocaval Fistula
title_fullStr Acute Coronary Syndrome Secondary to Aortocaval Fistula
title_full_unstemmed Acute Coronary Syndrome Secondary to Aortocaval Fistula
title_sort acute coronary syndrome secondary to aortocaval fistula
publisher Elsevier
series JACC: Case Reports
issn 2666-0849
publishDate 2019-06-01
description This paper reports the case of an 88-year-old male with a history of chronic abdominal aortic aneurysm admitted to the emergency department with resting chest pain consistent with angina. Beta-blockade therapy triggered a cardiogenic shock, which motivated an urgent computed tomography scan and echocardiogram that confirmed high-output-related heart failure secondary to aortocaval fistula. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)
topic abdominal aortic aneurysm
aortocaval fistula
electrocardiography
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084919300191
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