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Acute aortic dissection on bicuspid aortic valve type 0 is rare, particularly in young males, and may be precipitated by risk factors such as intensive sport activities.
Highlights the risk of acute aortic dissection in young athletes with undiagnosed bicuspid aortic valve type 0, emphasizing the need for prompt diagnosis and surgical intervention.
Clinicians should consider BAV dissection in young males with smoking or intense exercise; leaves open causal roles pending larger studies.
Acute aortic dissection on bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) type 0 is a rare especially in young masculine. Risk factors like smoking and intensive sport activities can hasten their apparition especially in non-diagnosed population. Trans thoracic echocardiography is very important in the diagnosis of BAV whereas Angio CT scan helps to confirm acute aortic dissection. Treatment is based on surgery for type A Stanford classification for acute aortic dissection. We report a rare case of acute aortic dissection masquerading a rare type of BAV, type 0 in a young sportive male with no history of heart disease who presented for the first-time with acute chest pain after lifting a heavy weight metal at the complex sport center. Patient was initially placed on medical treatment before surgery for heart valve and root replacement (Bentall procedure).
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