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Rare disease
Survival following localised aortic atherosclerotic plaque rupture
  1. Sonali Vijay Thakrar,
  2. Belinda Sandler,
  3. Andrew Ladwiniec,
  4. Mary Lynch
  1. Lister Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Coreys Mill Lane, Stevenage SG1 4AB, UK
  1. Correspondence to Sonali Vijay Thakrar, svthakrar{at}yahoo.co.uk

Summary

Spontaneous rupture of the aorta due to ruptured atherosclerotic plaque is extremely rare. Despite the high prevalence of atherosclerosis, only four cases have been reported to have been identified and treated successfully; the remainder were diagnosed postmortem. We report a surviving case of pericardial tamponade due to highly localised aortic atherosclerotic plaque rupture.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr.11.2009.2468

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    • Competing interests: None.

    • Patient consent: Patient/guardian consent was obtained for publication.