Syncope and cardiovocal syndrome as the result of a spontaneous innominate artery dissection

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2009 Oct;10(10):815-7. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32832d2f31.

Abstract

Dissection of the innominate artery is extremely rare and is associated with a high in-hospital mortality rate. We present the case of a 44-year-old man who presented with syncope and cardiovocal syndrome as the result of a spontaneous innominate artery dissection with an extension to the right common carotid.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Dissection / surgery*
  • Brachiocephalic Trunk* / diagnostic imaging
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Syncope / etiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed