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A 29-year-old man with severe hypertension and an atypical presentation of acute type-A aortic dissection suffered a catastrophic outcome and died following multiple complications.
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Atypical presentation of acute type-A aortic dissection in a young hypertensive patient can lead to delayed diagnosis and catastrophic fatal outcomes.
The authors discuss a case of aortic dissection in a young man with hypertension. The delay in considering the diagnosis and ordering the proper investigations secondary to the unusual presentation of the case complicated by the logistics of patient’s transfer to specialized Cardiothoracic unit where surgery can be performed safely have impacted the unfortunate outcome.
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Magbri et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Acute Aortic Dissection (n=1). Acute type-A aortic dissection was evaluated on Clinical outcome. A 29-year-old man with severe hypertension and an atypical presentation of acute type-A aortic dissection suffered a catastrophic outcome and died following multiple complications.
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