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An emergency Bentall's procedure was performed on a 20-year-old man with Marfan's syndrome presenting with acute type I aortic dissection.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights the management of acute type I aortic dissection with emergency Bentall's procedure in a young patient with Marfan's syndrome.
Supports feasibility of emergency Bentall in young Marfan patients with acute type I dissection; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Aortic dissection (AD) is a rare entity with an incidence estimated to be 5 to 30 cases per million people per year1 ( The Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine , 3rd ed.). It has association with hypertension, connective tissue disorders, congenital aortic stenosis, and bicuspid aortic valve. Spontaneous dissections are rare. It has a high mortality rate when left untreated. Recent advances in imaging have allowed for early and accurate diagnosis of acute aortic syndromes and the options for management are expanding. This case report and review presents the case of a 20-year-old man with Marfan's syndrome with acute type I AD who underwent emergency Bentall's procedure. How to cite this article Chishti MA, Rawat V, Nagarwal P. Acute Dissection of the Ascending Aorta: A Case Report and Topic Review. J Mahatma Gandhi Univ Med Sci Tech 2017;2(1):31-34.
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Chishti et al. (2017) conducted a case report in Acute type I aortic dissection (n=1). Bentall's procedure was evaluated. An emergency Bentall's procedure was performed on a 20-year-old man with Marfan's syndrome presenting with acute type I aortic dissection.
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