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Chronic painless stanford type a aortic dissection involving whole of the aorta in an elderly female

Chronic painless stanford type a aortic dissection involving whole of the aorta in an elderly female

Authors :
Rajeev Bhardwaj
Sachin Sondhi
Kunal Mahajan
Source :
Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences, Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 122-124 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2019.

Abstract

Stanford type A aortic dissection (AD) is a rapidly progressive disease associated with a very high mortality rate, especially in the absence of emergent surgical repair. However, very rarely, few cases remain undiagnosed in acute phase because of atypical or absent symptoms. We present such an atypical case of a chronic painless type A AD in an elderly female, who is still surviving at 6 months follow-up without any surgical/catheter-based intervention. This case emphasizes that chronic type A ADs have different natural history and could potentially be managed differently from the acute lesions.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
24542830 and 23955414
Volume :
5
Issue :
2
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of the Practice of Cardiovascular Sciences
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....ea293d65ee3370e4200a1e0e0974930a