Rupture of an ascending aortic aneurysm as a cause of sudden death

• Main Authors: Cristielle Peres de Freitas (Author), Carla Andrade Petrini (Author), Ramon Souza Goes Araújo (Author), Luiz Guilherme Cernaglia Aureliano Lima (Author), Patrícia Picciarelli de Lima (Author), Amaro Nunes Duarte-Neto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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An 84-year-old female patient was brought to the emergency department in cardiac arrest. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers were performed but were unsuccessful. The patient had a past medical history of systemic arterial hypertension with target-organ lesions, including stroke and myocardial i...