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A 37-year-old male weightlifter with hypertension developed a fatal acute type I aortic dissection during intense physical exertion.
Case Report (n=1)
Intense physical exertion such as weightlifting in patients with predisposing factors like hypertension can trigger fatal acute aortic dissection.
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Urges caution with intense weightlifting in hypertensive patients; single case leaves open need for prospective risk studies.
Acute aortic dissection can occur at the time of intense physical exertion in strength-trained athletes like weightlifters, bodybuilders, throwers, and wrestlers.Rapid rise in blood pressure and history of hypertension are the most common causes of aortic dissection in athletes. It is a very tragic event because of its high mortality rate of about 32% in young patients. We report a case of aortic dissection in a young weightlifter with an extensive intimal tear of the aorta, from the sinus of Valsalva to the abdominal aorta.
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Ahmadi et al. (2008) conducted a case report in Aortic dissection type I (n=1). Weightlifting was evaluated. A 37-year-old male weightlifter with hypertension developed a fatal acute type I aortic dissection during intense physical exertion.
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